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EiffelTower
Namedafteritsdesigner,engineerGustaveEiffel,theEiffelToweristhetallestbuildinginParis.[1]Morethan200,000,000havevisitedthetowersinceitsconstructionin1889,[2]including6,719,200in2006,[3]makingitthemostvisitedpaidmonumentintheworld.[4][5]Includingthe24m(79ft)antenna,thestructureis325m(1,063ft)high(since2000),whichisequivalenttoabout81levelsinaconventionalbuilding.
EiffelTowerOctober2007
EiffelTowerOctober2007
Whenthetowerwascompletedin1889itwastheworld'stallesttower—atitleitretaineduntil1930whenNewYorkCity'sChryslerBuilding(319m—1,047fttall)wascompleted.[6]Thetowerisnowthefifth-talleststructureinFranceandthetalleststructureinParis,withthesecond-tallestbeingtheTourMontparnasse(210m—689ft),althoughthatwillsoonbesurpassedbyTourAXA(225.11m—738.36ft).
EiffelTowerfromtheneighborhood.
EiffelTowerfromtheneighborhood.
ThemetalstructureoftheEiffelTowerweighs7,300tonneswhiletheentirestructureincludingnon-metalcomponentsisapproximately10,000tonnes.Dependingontheambienttemperature,thetopofthetowermayshiftawayfromthesunbyupto18cm(7in)becauseofthermalexpansionofthemetalonthesidefacingthesun.Thetoweralsosways6–7cm(2–3in)inthewind.[3]Asdemonstrationoftheeconomyofdesign,ifthe7300tonnesofthemetalstructureweremelteddownitwouldfillthe125metersquarebasetoadepthofonly6cm(2.36in),assumingadensityofthemetaltobe7.8tonnespercubicmeter.Thetowerhasamasslessthanthemassoftheaircontainedinacylinderofthesamedimensions,[7]thatis324metershighand88.3metersinradius.Theweightofthetoweris10,100tonnescomparedto10,265tonnesofair.
Thefirstandsecondlevelsareaccessiblebystairwaysandlifts.Aticketboothatthesouthtowerbasesellsticketstoaccessthestairswhichbeginatthatlocation.Atthefirstplatformthestairscontinueupfromtheeasttowerandthethirdlevelsummitisonlyaccessiblebylift.Fromthefirstorsecondplatformthestairsareopenforanyonetoascendordescendregardlessofwhethertheyhavepurchasedaliftticketorstairticket.Theactualcountofstairsincludes9stepstotheticketboothatthebase,328stepstothefirstlevel,340stepstothesecondleveland18stepstotheliftplatformonthesecondlevel.Whenexitingtheliftatthethirdlevelthereare15morestepstoascendtotheupperobservationplatform.Thestepcountisprintedperiodicallyonthesideofthestairstogiveanindicationofprogressofascent.Themajorityoftheascentallowsforanunhinderedviewoftheareadirectlybeneathandaroundthetoweralthoughsomeshortstretchesofthestairwayareenclosed.
Maintenanceofthetowerincludesapplying50to60tonnesofpainteverysevenyearstoprotectitfromrust.Inordertomaintainauniformappearancetoanobserverontheground,threeseparatecolorsofpaintareusedonthetower,withthedarkestonthebottomandthelightestatthetop.Onoccasionthecolourofthepaintischanged;thetoweriscurrentlypaintedashadeofbrownish-grey.[8]Onthefirstfloorthereareinteractiveconsoleshostingapollforthecolourtouseforafuturesessionofpainting.Theco-architectsoftheEiffelTowerareEmileNouguier,MauriceKoechlinandStephenSauvestre.[