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The construction of the Eiffel Tower :Texts and pictures from the official website : http://www.tour-eiffel.frThe assembly of the supports began on July 1 1887. |
It only took five months to build the foundations and twenty-one to finish assembling the metal pieces of the Tower. On December 7 1887 the joining of the major girders up to the first level was completed. March 15, 1888 |
All the elements were prepared in the factory at Levallois-Perret on the outskirts of Paris, where Eiffel's company was located. Each of the 18 000 pieces used in the Tower was designed and calculated, traced out to an accuracy of a tenth of a millimetre and then put together, in pieces of around five metres each. Septembre 15, 1888 |
The construction was finished on March 31 1889. March 12, 1889 |
The vertical elevator, built by Edoux, consisted of two counterbalancing cabins. The upper cabin was powered by a hydraulic piston with a stroke of 78 metres, while the lower cabin provided the counterbalance. It was therefore necessary to change cabins half way up. Water tanks placed within the two stories of the tower created the hydraulic power required. This lift, which could not operate during the winter months, was replaced in 1983. |
Nobody had ever built one to climb so high and under such conditions. All the original elevators have now been replaced. The elevators installed in the East and West legs by the French company Roux, Combaluzier and Lepape,went up to the first level.They were driven by a double looped chain, powered by hydraulics. In 1897 they were replaced by elevators built by Fives-Lille, which were in turn modernized in 1987. The equipment supplied by the American company Otis to reach the second level comprized a cabin with an upper and lower deck, mounted on sloping runners and pulled by a cable that was powered by a hydraulic piston. The elevator on the South leg was removed in 1900, and replaced in 1983 by an elevator to serve customers of the "Jules Verne" restaurant. The one on the North leg was replaced in 1912 by an electric elevator, which was modernized in 1995. |
King Philippe-Auguste (1165 - 1223) :The wall has been definitly destroyed at the end of the XIXth century. |
1910 : ( no comment )This problem has dissapeared now. ;-) (picture from : http://www.paris-pittoresque.com , lot of very nice pictures of Paris on this web site) |
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GlobalExplorer Mon Oct 5, 2009 13:41 UTC
Whats that mean...? Thx | HooptheWorld Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:59 UTC
Oh, I want to walk this charming street (with a cup of coffee)! Have enjoyed your pages and photos a lot! Merci beaucoup for some helpful information. You are welcome to hoop with me this November, 2008 in Paris! | BeatChick Sat Mar 29, 2008 16:14 UTC
I've been to Connolly's Corner, too! My name is Connolly & they gave me a free beer because of it (had to show them my passport to prove it - LOL). :>) The d'Orsay is THE best Impressionist museum in the world followed by the Art Institute in Chicago! | lithuaniandiamond Mon Mar 10, 2008 15:53 UTC
thank you very much for all your descriptions and the photos, illustrating them, it's all awesome! thanks for you for describing something other, what we cannot find in the guidebooks about Paris. |
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