EIFFEL TOWER BIOGRAPHY

Date of birth: March 31, 1889

Built for the Universal Exhibition in celebration of the French Revolution.

Contractor: Gustave Eiffel & Cie

Engineers: Maurice Koechlin & Emile Nouguier
Architect: Stephen Sauvestre

Studies: Begun in 1884Construction: 1887 to 1889 (2 years, 2 months and 5 days)

Composition: 18,038 pieces, 2,500,000 rivets

Weight of the metal structure: 7,300 tons

Total weight: 10,100 tons

Height: 324m (height with flagpole)

Coordinates : Latitude : 48º 51' 32"

North Longitude : 002º 17' 45" East

Numbers of visitors up to December 31, 2006: 229.623.812

Number of steps: 1665

Owner: City of Paris

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