What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the Iron Lady? If your answer is Thatcher, you are not French.
Because when you say "La dame de fer" to French people, of course, the first thing that comes to their mind is the Eiffel tower.
So, what is the reason for creating this iron pile, which has a unique name, is a cultural icon, and attracts 6 million tourists annually?
The project that belonged to entrepreneur Gustave Eiffel, engineers Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier, and architect Stephen Sauvestre, was chosen from among 107 projects.
The assembly of the supports began on July 1, 1887, and was completed twenty-two months later.
As a result, a design that differed significantly from Sauvastre's first proposal, which included large halls with glass walls, monumental arches, and stone carvings, emerged.
All metal parts in this structure were made using the hot riveting technique, a very sophisticated construction method for that period. You can see this process in greater detail by watching our well-received hot riveting video.
The tower is 1,083 ft (330 metres) tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building, and the tallest structure in Paris.
Because of their unique shape, which was dictated partly by engineering considerations but also partly by Eiffel’s artistic sense, the piers required elevators to ascend on a curve.
The glass-cage machines designed by an American company became one of the principal features of the building.
We leave you with the Eiffel Tower, which is known to some as one of the most magnificent representations of modernism and industrialization, and the question in the joint statement made by artists whose "aesthetic sensitivity" is beyond doubt.
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