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EIFFEL TOWER
By: Madelyn P.
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The paint on the Eiffel Towers weight is equivalent to 10 elephants.
The Eiffel contains 20,000 light bulbs
To get to the top of the Eiffel Tower you must climb 1,665 steps
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Fly For Fun
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When was the Eiffel Tower built??
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daviddb
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The Tower was built during the 1889 Paris Exposition and was not supposed to be permanent
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The tower is located in Paris, France. It's absolute location is 48.8582° N, 2.2945° E
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Tommie Hansen
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How tall is the Eiffel Tower?
The height of the Eiffel Tower varies according to the weather
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Holger Eilhard
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In 1891, London designed a building to surpass the Eiffel Tower in height. It was unsteady, never completed and demolished in 1907.
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Ben (Falcifer)
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FACTS
Erika La Tour Eiffel "married" the Eiffel Tower in 2007
Inventor Franz Reichelt died by jumping from the Eiffel Tower while testing a parachute that he designed.
The Eiffel Tower was going to be tore down in 1909, but it was saved because it was saved as a giant radio antenna.
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Stuck in Customs
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The Eiffel Tower has the highest number of visits out all paid monuments in the world.
The Eiffel Tower was originally going to be in Barcelona, Spain, but the project was denied.
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Luis Hernandez - D2k6.es
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FACTS (3)
Gustave Eiffel had an apartment at the top of the Eiffel Tower.
There are over 30 replicas of the Eiffel Tower around the world.
the man who designed the Eiffel Tower, was also the person who made the design for the Statue of Liberty's spine.
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Phil Of Photos
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While building their was 300 workers, 18,038 pieces of wrought iron and 2.5 million rivets were needed for construction.
If the Eiffel Tower was built today, it would cost about 31 million dollars.
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401(K) 2013
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RELOCATION?
The Eiffel Tower was almost moved to Canada temporarily in 1967.
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wisegie
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WHY WAS IT BUILT?
originally built as the entrance arch for the World's Fair in 1889.
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sjrankin
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the tallest man made structure in the world for 41 years before being passed up by the Chrysler Building.
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citron_smurf
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WHAT IS IT MADE OF?
It is made of iron and weighs around 10000 tons.
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Enthuan
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the Eiffel Tower was designed to be wind resistant, swaying only a few inches in the wind. It actually moves further when the iron on the sun facing side heats and expands, moving the top up to 7 inches away from the sun.
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Alexandre Moreau | Photography
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the Eiffel Tower in French is pronounced La Tour Eiffel, it also has the nickname La dame de fer which means the iron lady.
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Mia Felicita Bertelli Street Photography
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