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Eiffelower
Eiffelower
• Bridges
• Viaducts
• Infrastructure of The
Statue of Liberty, 1876
•50 engineers
•125 workmen on site
•100 iron workers
•1665 steps
May, 1889
Lampposts were used to illuminate the tower.
1937
André Grasset created the largest chandelier in
the world to hang under the first platform.
1985
352 thousand watt projectors equipped with
sodium lamps lighted the tower from inside.
2000
2000 electric beams light the tower
to celebrate the new millennium!
“THE GUARDIAN OF PARIS”
http://www.paris.org/Monuments/Eiffel/info.html
http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/home_nuit.html
http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/documentation/dossiers/page/gustave eiffel.html
http://www.artday.com/http://www.artday.com/
Blume, Eli, and Stein, Gail. French Two Years, New Edition, AMSCO School
Publications, Inc., 1998. Pages 511-513.