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Eiffel Tower, (Paris, France); 1887-89; Industrialization

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The Eiffel Tower is an iron braces tower located at Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is a world-famous building and one of the symbols of French culture. It is one of the Paris landmarks and the tallest building in Paris, named after its designer Gusta. Eiffel is a technical masterpiece in the history of world architecture. The Eiffel Tower is also the most visited site in the world. The Eiffel Tower was built on January 27, 1887 and is divided into the third floor, 57.6 meters, 115.7 meters and 276.1 meters above the ground. There are restaurants on the first and second floors and a viewing platform on the third floor. There also are 1,711 steps from the tower to the top of the tower. They totally spent 7,000 tons of steel, 12,000 metal parts, and 2.5 million rivets. The spectacular tower is a hollow structure with a tower height of 300 meters and a total height of 320 meters. Hundreds of workers spent two years to install the framework of the iconic lattice tower, which stands...