Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built... Wikipedia

  • Type:  Observation tower, Broadcasting tower
  • Location:  7th arrondissement, Paris, France
  • Construction started:  28 January 1887
  • Completed:  31 March 1889
  • Owner:  City of Paris, France
  • Management:  Société d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE)
  • Architectural:  300 m (984.25 ft)
  • Height (with tip):  330 m (1,082.68 ft)
  • Top floor:  276 m (905.51 ft)
  • Floors:  4 (3 accessible, 1 residual)
  • Lifts/elevators:  8
  • Architect:  Stephen Sauvestre
  • Structural engineer:  Maurice Koechlin, Émile Nouguier
  • Main contractor:  Compagnie des Etablissements Eiffel
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo