January 28: The Eiffel Tower was started but the French protested

The Eiffel Tower is a steel structure located on the Champ de Mars park, next to the Seine, Paris. The original name is Tower 300 meters (Tour de 300 meters) , works by Gustave Eiffel and colleagues built the World Exhibition in 1889, is also the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution.

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The Eiffel Tower was originally designed to be the "nail of the World Exhibition in 1889 in Paris" , flaunting French construction technologies. At the beginning, the work caused controversy about aesthetics, performance . However, the Eiffel Tower still managed to succeed quickly, becoming the most attractive tourist destination and the number gradually increased. stable since the 1960s.

The first sketch of the Eiffel Tower

Gustave Eiffel's original is expected to be constructed in 12 months. But the actual time has doubled. Construction began on January 28, 1887 and ended in March 1889, fitting before officially opening the World Exhibition.

In September 1888, when progress on the construction site was accelerated and built to the third floor, the workers organized strikes. They raised the issue of working hours (9 o'clock in the winter and 12 hours in the summer) and low wages compared to the dangers suffered. Gustave Eiffel points out that the risk is not different when they work at a height of 200 meters or 50 meters, and the workers have received higher average pay than those who worked in the same field during that period. Finally, Gustave Eiffel conceded, agreed to raise the salary but refused to demand the index "risk changes with height."

The construction phase of the Eiffel Tower

Finally, this work was completed in March with a total cost of US $ 8.8 million at that time. After being inaugurated, it was considered as the tallest building in the world, but at that time many considered the tower as a thorn in their eyes, they thought that the tower was not suitable for this Paris city. There was even a man who had lunch every day in this tower for the reason that if he sat there, he would not have to see it, so it would be less uncomfortable.

The Eiffel Tower looked up from below

There are some interesting things about this tower that not everyone knows. It is due to being made entirely of steel and metal, so the height of the tower is changed seasonally , in summer it expands and is 10cm higher than normal, while in the winter the tower collapses and height reduced by 10-20cm. The tower is repainted every 7 years, and the cost of repainting each time is about 50 to 60 tons of paint, and the paint color changes with each paint. Initially the Eiffel Tower had a golden color, so far it had become reddish brown.