Video: But she could not have stood: How the Eiffel Tower was almost dismantled for scrap
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
In the period from May 6 to October 31, 1889, a grandiose event took place in Paris, the World Exhibition was timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the taking of the Bastille. The expositions were held in specially built grandiose pavilions, and as a greeting for visitors, they built a Eiffel Tower … After some time, it was supposed to be dismantled in the same way as the other pavilions, but this "iron lady" still stands in Paris.
As you know, Bastille Day marked the beginning of the French Revolution, which is why many monarchist countries refused to attend the exhibition. In total, 42 countries took part in this event, demonstrating their achievements in the field of mechanical engineering, agriculture and light industry.
Dozens of decorative pavilions and exhibition halls were erected on an area of 1 hectare. Each country tried to arrange the space allocated for it in a national style. There were buildings with images of pharaohs, Mexican idols, Indian crocodiles.
The most outstanding exhibit is the Eiffel Tower, a symbol of the achievements of French science and technology. Despite the fact that its official opening took place on March 31, 1889, at the beginning of the exhibition its elevators did not work yet. But this did not prevent visitors from climbing the Eiffel Tower 30 thousand times in the first week alone.
Chief designer Gustave Eiffel called his creation simply "300-meter tower". It was planned that in 20 years its structure would be dismantled. Public opinion was divided. Some wrote complaints to the municipality:. Others just went to look at this miracle of engineering.
In just nine months after its opening, the Eiffel Tower was visited by so many people that the city was able to recover three quarters of the cost of its construction, which is more than 5 million francs.
But time passed, and the flow of tourists wishing to see the 300-meter "iron lady" did not dry up. In addition, they began to use it as a tower for radio broadcasts, and then for military purposes. Today, the Eiffel Tower is considered a symbol not only of Paris, but of the whole of France. And already few people remember that they once wanted to take it apart.
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