Eiffel Tower photos copyrighted by: Alan Ingram
The Eiffel Tower was the greatest affront not only to the architecture of Paris, but also to the eye of the Parisian, for whom its structural logic and revolutionary aesthetic language were incomprehensible.
When the tower had reached 180 feet, the four legs had to be joined together. This was done with a 25-foot wide iron “Belt”. Upon completion, the Eiffel tower was the highest structure made by man. It was 986 feet high and weighed over 9,000 tons.
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