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Eiffel Tower
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S. Hollis Clayson
  • LAST REVIEWED: 26 February 2020
  • LAST MODIFIED: 26 February 2020
  • DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780190922467-0014

  • Eiffel, Gustave. La Tour de Trois Cents Mètres: Texte. Paris: Société des Imprimeries Lemercier, 1900a.

    Eiffel’s highly technical eight-part account is almost 400 pages long. It details the planning and building of the structure. Questions of its cost and its potential for scientific utility (e.g., in the realm of meteorology) are also considered in detail. It was published on 1 June 1900 in a limited edition of 500 copies on wove paper, just at the moment of the Tower’s second starring role in an Exposition Universelle.

  • Eiffel, Gustave. La Tour de Trois Cents Mètres: Planches. Paris: Société des Imprimeries Lemercier, 1900b.

    Complete reprint of the large-scale volume, with introductory text (in four languages) by Bertrand Lemoine.

  • Granet, Amélie. Musée d’Orsay: Catalogue sommaire illustré du fonds Eiffel. Paris: Éditions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1989.

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    Eiffel Tower

    Tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France

    This article is about the landmark in Paris, France. For other uses, see Eiffel Tower (disambiguation).

    "300-metre tower" and "Tour Eiffel" redirect here. For other tall towers, see List of tallest towers. For other uses, see Tour Eiffel (disambiguation).

    The Eiffel Tower (EYE-fəl; French: Tour Eiffel[tuʁɛfɛl]ⓘ) is a wrought-ironlattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889.

    Locally nicknamed "La dame de fer" (French for "Iron Lady"), it was constructed as the centerpiece of the 1889 World's Fair, and to crown the centennial anniversary of the French Revolution. Although initially criticised by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design, it has since become a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognisable structures in the world.[5] The tower received 5,889,000 visitors in 2022.[6] The Eiffel Tower is the most visited monument

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    Gustave Eiffel

    (1823-1923)

    Who Was Gustave Eiffel?

    Gustave Eiffel began to specialize in constructing with metal after college, and his early work focused chiefly on bridges. In 1879, the chief engineer on the Statue of Liberty died and Eiffel was hired to replace him, going on to design the metallic skeleton of the structure. In 1882, Eiffel began work on the Garabit viaduct, which was, at the time, the highest bridge in the world. Soon thereafter, he began work on what would become known as the Eiffel Tower, the structure that would cement his name in history.

    Quick Facts

    FULL NAME: Alexandre Gustave Eiffel
    BORN: December 15, 1832
    BIRTHPLACE: Dijon, France
    SPOUSE: Marguerite Guadelet (m. 1862 - 1877)
    CHILDREN: Rouzat Viaduct
    HEIGHT: 5' 5"
    ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Sagittarius

    Early Life

    Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel was born in Dijon, France on December 15, 1832. Interested in construction at an early age, he attended the École Polytechnique and later the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures (College of Art and Manufacturing) in Paris, from which he graduated in 1855. Set

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