Question

informatii in engleza despre turnul eiffel

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Gustave Eiffel used latticed wrought iron to construct the tower to demonstrate that the metal could be as strong as stone while being lighter. Gustave Eiffel also created the internal frame for the Statue of Liberty. Construction of the Eiffel Tower cost 7,799,401.31 French gold francs in 1889. The Eiffel Tower is 1,063 feet (324 meters) tall, including the antenna at the top. Without the antenna, it is 984 feet (300 m). It was the tallest manmade structure until the Chrysler Building was built in New York in 1930. The tower was built to sway slightly in the wind, but the sun affects the tower more. As the sun-facing side of the tower heats up, the top moves as much as 7 inches (18 centimeters) away from the sun. The sun also causes the tower to grow about 6 inches. The Eiffel Tower weighs 10,000 tons. There are 5 billion lights on the Eiffel Tower. The French have a nickname for the tower: La Dame de Fer, "the Iron Lady." The first platform is 190 feet above the ground; the second platform is 376 feet, and the third platform is almost 900 feet up. The Eiffel Tower has 108 stories, with 1,710 steps. However, visitors can only climb stairs to the first platform. There are two elevators. One elevator travels a total distance of 64,001 miles (103,000 kilometers) a year.