Eiffel Tower was named after one the most influential people in its construction, a contractor,...

Eiffel Tower was named after one the most influential people in its construction, a contractor, engineer, architect and showman by the name of Gustave Eiffel. The Eiffel Tower was finished in March 31,1889.It was first planned out around 1884. It took around two years and two months to build. It was built during the years of 1887-1889. You can see around 59 kilometers or around 37 miles from the top of the Eiffel Tower.

(1832 – 1923)

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel

Created by Sameer Ahmd

Eiffel Tower is made of 2.5 million rivets, 15,000 pieces of iron and 40 tons of paint. The main component of the Eiffel tower is iron. Its weight is approximately 10,000 tons, 7.3 thousand of them being the metal. It is coated with dark brown metal colour. It took around two years and two months to build. It was built during the years of 1887-1889.


Tower under construction—December 1888


Completed—May 1889



Engineers of the project were: Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier.

Stephen Sauvestre was the architect.

Gustave Eiffel was the contractor.

Number of Iron Workers = 300

Number of Workers Killed in Construction = 1

Rivets = 2,500,000

Iron Pieces = 18,038


Height = 300.51 meters (986 ft)

+/- 15 cm depending on temperature 1st level = 57 m 2nd level = 115 m 3rd level = 276 m Height w/ antenna = 320.755 m (1052 ft)

Weight = 7,000 tons 1000 tons removed during renovation in 1990s

Base = 412 sq. ft (2.5 acres) Paint = 50 tons every 7 years

Paint color is actually Dark Brown

• Use 3 different colors—dark to light

Approximately 6.8 million people visit the Eiffel Tower every year. It is estimated that over a quarter of a billion people have view the Eiffel Tower in its long history.

To use the stairs to the 1st & 2nd floor it is 4,00 Euro

To reach the top of the Tower (276 meters), visitors must take another elevator from the second floor


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