Eiffel Tower Model Kit

Product Description The Eiffel Tower was built in Paris from 1887 to 1889. The reasons for the construction were the World Fair in 1889 and the 100-year Jubilee of the French Revolution. According to an agreement between Gustave Eiffel, the City of Paris and the French State, the ...Product Description The Eiffel Tower was built in Paris from 1887 to 1889.

The reasons for the construction were the World Fair in 1889 and the 100-year Jubilee of the French Revolution. According to an agreement between Gustave Eiffel, the City of Paris and the French State, the tower should only stand for twenty years. For the opening of the tower a special edition of the newspaper "Le Figaro" was printed, and for this reason a small printing-house was installed in the tower.

At the beginning the tower was very controversial: it was one of the first constructions made completely out of steel, and many people considered it to be unsafe. They were afraid that the tower could fall over. The sight of the tower also disturbed many people.

Building material for the tower: 6,300 tonnes of iron and 2.5 million rivets. The steel construction has an overall weight of about 7,500 tonnes. From 1889 to 1916 the tower was 300.5 metres high, but from 1916 the tower was also used as an aerial mast, which raised the height to about 320 m.

On the tower there are three platforms at heights of 57 m, 115 m, and 274 m. Today the tower has a weather station, which was already established in 1889, a post office, a restaurant and four lifts. In the meantime the Eiffel Tower has become the landmark of Paris and is one of the most popular tourist attractions: every year it has over 6 million visitors.

In addition, the Eiffel Tower was also visited by an animal: an elephant had escaped from "Circus Bouglione" and managed to climb up to the first platform. The record for climbing the tower on foot is 8 minutes and 29 seconds, and is held by a French triathlon champion. The builder was Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), a French engineer.

He didn’t only construct the tower named after him, but also halls for the Paris World Fair in 1889. Tools needed to complete construction: mid-sized scissors, modelling knife, water-based glue, ruler or triangle, and modelling pins. Tools Not Included.