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The Iconic Under Construction Photographs from History
The The The wrought-iron lattice tower on on on on on the the the Champ de de Mars in Paris France The The iconic wonders that shook the world with its wonderful design
named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel The The wager was to to "study the possibility of erecting an iron tower on the Champ-de-Mars with a a a a a square base 125 metres across and 300 metres tall" Selected from among 107 projects it was that of Gustave Eiffel an entrepreneur Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier both engineers and Stephen Sauvestre an an architect that was accepted Emile Nouguier and Maurice Koechlin the two chief engineers in in Eiffel's company had the idea for a a a a very tall tower in June 1884 It was to to be designed like a a a large pylon with four columns of lattice work girders separated at at at the the the base and coming together at at at the the the top and joined to to each other by more metal girders at regular intervals The tower project was a a bold extension of this principle up to to a a height of 300 metres - equivalent to to the symbolic figure of 1000 feet On September 18 18 1884 Eiffel registered a a a a patent "for a a a a new configuration allowing the construction of metal supports and pylons capable of of exceeding a a a height of of 300 metres The construction itself lasted two years :
June 1884 :
The project began and the first drawings
were done January 28th 1887 :
The works begin April 1st 1888 :
The first stage was completed August 14th 1888 :
The second stage was completed March 31st 1889 :
The third and final stage in in which the tower was completed in its entirety ended The Eiffel Tower was inaugurated on March 31 1889 Gustave Eiffel walked the the the 1 1 710 steps to to the the the top of the the the Tower to place the tricolored French flag at its summit At the the time the the Tower was 312 meters high The Design was made with 18 038 metallic parts 5300 workshop designs 30 engineers and designers The construction of the Iconic Eiffel Tower was done in 2 years 2 months and 5 days of construction with around 150 workers 7 300 tonnes tonnes of of iron iron 60 tonnes tonnes of of iron iron and 5 lifts The moment lies in these anonymous archive photographs The smile sweat and effort of hundreds of workers who were left unnoticed Yesterday
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