Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built... Wikipedia

• Preceded by:  Washington Monument
• Surpassed by:  Chrysler Building
• Type:  Observation tower, Broadcasting tower
• Location:  7th arrondissement, Paris, France
• Construction started:  28 January 1887
• Completed:  31 March 1889
• Owner:  City of Paris, France
• Management:  Société d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE)
• Architectural:  300 m (984.25 ft)
• Height (with tip):  330 m (1,082.68 ft)
• Top floor:  276 m (905.51 ft)
• Floors:  4 (3 accessible, 1 residual)
• Lifts/elevators:  8
• Architect:  Stephen Sauvestre
• Structural engineer:  Maurice Koechlin, Émile Nouguier
• Main contractor:  Compagnie des Etablissements Eiffel
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo