all about Eiffel

There is something i have been crazy about with don't know since when... 

The Eiffel Tower Paris!

Some interesting facts about Eiffel Tower:

• Eiffel Tower has been named after its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel.
• Eiffel Tower is the tallest building in Paris.
• The height of Eiffel Tower, including its 24 m (79 ft) antenna, is 324 m.
• The height of Eiffel Tower is equivalent to 81 levels in a conventional building.
• Till 1930, Eiffel Tower was the tallest building in the whole world.
• The construction work of Eiffel Tower started on January 26, 1887 and was completed on March 31, 1889.
• The metal structure of the Eiffel Tower weighs 7,300 tonnes, while the entire structure, including non-metal parts, weighs around 10,100 tonnes.
• Fifty engineers and designers produced 5,300 drawings, and over 100 workers built more than 18,000 different parts of the tower in a workshop.
• 2,500,000 rivets and 18,038 iron parts make up the Eiffel Tower.
• In 1889, the cost of construction of the Eiffel Tower was around 7,799,401.31 French gold francs.
• The four pillars of the Eiffel Tower stand in a square that measures 125 meters on each side.
• One can visit the different floors of the monument via elevators.
• Strong winds can sway Eiffel Tower slightly. During the storm of 1999, it moved approximately 13 centimeters from its initial position.
• Eiffel Tower is painted every 7 years. It gets covered in 3 shades of brown, with the darkest one at the bottom.
• The 19^th painting of Eiffel Tower is scheduled to begin in autumn 2008
• Approximately 60 tons of paint and a time period of 15 to 18 months is required to paint the Eiffel Tower.
• On a clear day, one can see up to 42 miles away, from the top of Eiffel Tower.
• The base of Eiffel Tower is spread over an area of 100 square meters.
• The Eiffel Tower is open 365 days a year.
• 4 tons of dusters & cleaning cloths, 10,000 doses of cleaning items, 400 liters of detergents and 25,000 bin bags are needed to clean Eiffel Tower.
• Eiffel Tower has two restaurants, on the first and second platforms, named Altitude and Jules Verne.
• Till 2003, over 200 million people had visited the Eiffel Tower, since its inception.
• Eiffel Tower was initially intended to be dismantled and sold as scrap 20 years after its construction, but this never happened.
• The sides of Eiffel Tower, just beneath the first platform, have been affixed with named of 72 prominent French scientists and famous personalities.
• Wheelchair-bound people can visit the Eiffel Tower up to the second level, using the elevator.

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