Effel Tower

* The Eiffel tower is one of the most fantastic structures ever constructed. Even today it is visited by people from around the world. As a matter of fact, approximately 200 million people have come to see the Eiffel Tower.

 The Eiffel tower was created 1887-1889 by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel. The month of the completion of the Eiffel tower is March 28, 89. It took 2 years 2 months and 5 days to complete it.

    * Only one worker was killed in building the Eiffel Tower.

    * It was created to celebrate the anniversary of the French revolution. 

    *After the celebration it was saved from being demolished by being turned into a radio transmitter. As it has gotten older pavilions, an elevator, and other structures on the first and second floor. They have also added covers to protect people from rain.

    *It is made of 9441 tons of steel.  A total of 984 ft. ( 324 m) tall and has 18038 individual pieces. The iron used to make the Eiffel tower was made at the factories of Mr. Dupont and Mr. Fould.   

    * It is made of 4 base legs that are 80 meters apart from each other and are each 50 meters above the ground.

    * The Eiffel tower has been painted 6 different colors in its history. All of the different colors were shades of brown. It takes 50 tons of paint to paint the Eiffel tower.

    *A total of 50 engineers made  5300 blueprints. 121 workers worked at the construction site to build it.