TITLE : ORIGINS AND

CONTRUCTION OF THE
EIFFLE TOWER

NAME : MUHAMMAD DANISH HAIKAL BIN MOHD JAN

IC : 041230-04-0165
CLASS : 1DWTP/ SEM 2
SUBJECT : ENGLISH FOR COMMUNICATION
CODE : MPU2222
LECTURER : PN NADIYAH BINTI SHARER
 1. Introduction
2 .Design of the Eiffel Tower.
3. The entrepneur, engineers
CONTENTS and an architect.
4. A quite different first
edition
5. The construction
6. Record construction time
7. Mr. Eiffel’s Blueprints
8. Conclusion
1. Introduction

The Eiffel Tower is a wrought iron

tower that stands 1,063 ft (324 m) tall.
It was designed for the Exposition
Universelle, a world fair held in Paris
in 1889.
2 .Design of the Eiffel Tower

Designed like a large pylon with four

columns of lattice work girders,
separated at the base and coming
together at the top.
 3. The entrepneur,
engineers and an
architect.

Gustave Eiffel Maurice Koechlin

( entrepreneur ) ( engineer )

Emile Nouguier Stephen Sauvestre

( engineer ) (architect)
 4. A quite different first
edition

The curvature of the uprights

is mathematically determined to
offer the most efficient wind
resistance possible.
 5. The construction

Each of the 18,000 pieces

used to construct the
Tower were specifically
designed and calculated
6. Record construction time

2 years, 2 months
and 5 days of
construction
7. Mr. Eiffel’s Blueprints

The following blueprints

are copies of Gustave
Eiffel’s originals, taken
from the book La Tour de
300 mètres, Ed. Lemercier,
Paris 1900
 8. Conclusion

The Eiffel Tower is one of

the greatest places in the
world. The history, features,
and tourism is what makes the
Eiffel Tower the tower that it
is today.
THANK YOU -
GRAZIE