Interesting facts about the Eiffel tower Bashny.Net

The most incredible thing that the Eiffel tower miraculously remained standing to the present day. When French engineer Gustave Eiffel decided to begin construction in 1887, his venture met with fierce criticism. Well-known cultural figures have signed an agreement stating how odious to them, the idea of building a tower.


The main hater of the Eiffel tower was the writer guy de Maupassant, who often peremahival in the restaurant of the tower, as it was one the only place in Paris where it was impossible to see this "ugly" construction. She was never supposed to stay. The Eiffel tower from the beginning built as a temporary structure in honor of the 100th anniversary of the French revolution. It was the entrance arch for the exposition, her main task was to show the power of French technology and engineering.


It was to be demolished in the next 20 years. However, the tallest building in the world at that time attracted a lot of attention and the Eiffel tower in spite of everything remained. Few people know that Gustave Eiffel wrote the names of 72 of the most successful French engineers, mathematicians and scientists who took an active part in designing and building the Eiffel tower. At the beginning of the 20th century the names were sketched, but in spite of everything VNII restored in 1986-1987 year, the company Société Nouvelle d'exploitation de la Tour Eiffel.


A huge tower is almost not affected from wind gusts. Even under the most severe hurricane, the upper part of the Eiffel tower only deflected 15 cm due to the height of the tower and strong winds the chances that there were accidents during construction was very high, but actually suffered just one person. A miniature copy of the Eiffel tower can be found in many parts of the world: in Copenhagen in Denmark, the city of Slobozia in Romania, in Shenzhen of Guangdong province in China, Las Vegas in USA, Varna in Bulgaria, the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan and other big and small cities of the planet.




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