effle tower vs world .ppt
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CONTENT SLAYED PAGETITLE 2PURPES 3CONSTRUCTION DETAIL 4DIMENTION 6MAINTENANCE 7AESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS 8RELATIVETY 9ECONOMICS 10RESTAURANTS 11THURIST 13PROTISET 12LAST SPEECH 14WHO BUILT EIFFEL 15 REPRODACTION 16GALLERY 17
PURPES
TO BUILD
a global cultural icon of France.
one of the most
recognizable structures in the world.
Tallest structure in Paris.
The most-visited paid
monument in the world.
CONSTRUCTION DETAIL
Eiffel Tower construction between 1887 and 1889.
The foundations started in January 1887.
east and south legs were straightforward,
each leg resting on four 2 m concrete slabs, each slab needed two piles 15 m long and 6 m in diameter driven to a depth of 22 m to support the concrete slabs,
The foundations were complete by 30 June the
erection of the ironwork began
CONSTRUCTION DETAIL
At first the legs were constructed as cantileversbut about halfway to the first level construction was paused in order to construct a timber scaffold The critical stage of joining the four legs the first level was complete by March 1888.
Tower under construction—April 1888
Tower under construction—July 1888
Tower under construction—December
1888Completed-- March 1889
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72.24m124.9
m
91.13m
149.23m
309.63m
357.5mDIMENTION OF EIFFEL TOWER
Eiffel tower stand 324 m when the contraction end357.5 m after addition of anatine
Basement of Eiffel tower On the ground
124.9mx124.9m On first level On second level On top level
MAINTENANCE
In every seven years 49 to 59 long
ton55 to 66 short
tons of paint need paint for protect the toert from rust
AESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS
Three colors paint on tower, darkest on the bottom the lightest at the top.
the tower is currently painted a shade of bronze
The only non-structural elements are the four decorative grillwork arches served to
reassure visitors that the structure was safe
to frame views of architecture.
During its construction, the Eiffel Tower surpassed the Washington Monument to assume the title of the tallest man-made structure in the world,
Washington Monument –built to remember and show
respect to the first American president George Washington.
-made by marble, granite and bluestone gneiss.
-standing 555feet5inches
RELATIVETYthe title it held for 41 years, until the
Chrysler Building in New York City was built in 1930.
-Style sky scraper in New York City-The structure was the world tallest
building for 11 months.-It is still the tallest brick building in
the world. Because of the addition of the
antenna atop the Eiffel Tower in 1957, it is now taller than the Chrysler Building by 5.2 meters (17 ft.).
ECONOMICS
In 2011 Price of Eiffel tower To build cost about
$480,000,000 for the land the tower is worth
$350,000,000, and that the scrap value of
the tower is worth $3,500,000.
tower makes a profit of about $29,000,000 per year,.
It costs $5,300,000 to repaint the tower, which is done once every seven years. The electric bill is $400,000 per year for 7.5 million kilowatt-hours.
RESTAURANTSThe tower has two restaurants
Le 58 tour Eiffel, on the first floor
Le 58 tour Eiffel, on the first floor
We WRITERS, PAINTERS,SCULPTORS,ARCHITECTS protest with all our strength, with all our indignation in the name French, against the erection…of this useless and monstrous Eiffel Tower
PROTISET
GUSTAVE EIFFEL responded to these criticisms by comparing his tower to the Egyptian Pyramids: "My tower will be
the tallest edifice ever erected by man.
Some of the protestors were
change their minds when the tower was built
others remained unconvinced
THURISTIn the first time Tickets cost 2 francs for the first
level, 3 for the second, and 5 for the top, Tickets cost 4, 00 Euro to use the
stairs to the 1st & 2nd floor it is Tickets cost 12, 00 Euro to the top The Tower opens at 9:30 am , and
close at 11 pm
6,719,200 people visited it in 2006
7.1 million people visited it in 2011.
More than 200,000,000 people have visited the tower since its construction in 1889, including.
The tower is the most-visited paid monument in the world
BIOGRAPHY
Full Name: Alexandre-GustaveOCCUPATION: EngineerBIRTH DATE:December15,1832 DEATH DATE:december27,1923EDUCATION: College of Art and . Manufacturing PLACE OF BIRTH: Dijon, France PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France . Eiffel Nickname: Magician of Iron
Eiffel was not much into Engineering in his childhood; he was more focus on history and literature. Later on Eiffel majored in Science and got his Master’s degree in Science
"not only the art of the modern engineer, but
also the century of Industry and Science in which we are living, and for which the way was prepared by the great scientific movement of the eighteenth century
and by the Revolution of 1789, to which this
monument will be built as an expression of France's
gratitude."
LAST SPEECH
REPRODACTION
As one of the most iconic images in the world, the Eiffel Tower has been the inspiration for the creation of over 30 duplicates and similar towers around the world.
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