By: Kallie Johnson
I picked the Eiffel Tower because I always wanted to go see it and I wanted to learn more about it.
The Eiffel Tower is located in Paris, France.
It started getting worked on in 1887 and was finished in The Eiffel Tower opened on March 31, It took 2 years, 2 months, and 5 days to build the tower completely
There are 9 elevators in the Eiffel Tower. The tower is 81 stories tall. The lights on the tower light up every hour for 5 minutes everyday. The Eiffel Tower is painted every 7 years in 3 different shades of brown. Almost 50 tons of paint are used when they paint the Eiffel Tower every 7 years. The city of Paris owns the Eiffel Tower.
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was the creator of the Eiffel tower. He was only 91 years old when he died. He was born in 1832 and he died in He had 3 daughters and 2 sons.
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A lot of people think the Eiffel Tower is made of steel but the Eiffel Tower is actually made of pure iron. In 1887, 300 workers started putting together over 18,000 pieces of pure iron. They needed a total of 7,000 tons of iron.
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