on this day 3-31
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 2:48 pm
1889- The Eiffel Tower is dedicated in Paris on this day in a ceremony presided over by Gustave Eiffel, the tower's designer, and attended by French Prime Minister Pierre Tirard, a handful of other dignitaries, and 200 construction workers.
In 1889. to honor of the centenary of the French Revolution, the French government planned an international exposition and announced a design competition for a monument to be built on theChamp-de-Mars in central Paris. Out of more than 100 designs submitted, the Centennial Committee chose Eiffel's plan of an open-lattice wrought-iron tower that would reach almost 1,000 feet above Paris and be the world's tallest man-made structure. Eiffel, a noted bridge builder, was a master of metal construction and designed the frame work of the Statue of Liberty that had recently been erected in New York Harbor
In 1889. to honor of the centenary of the French Revolution, the French government planned an international exposition and announced a design competition for a monument to be built on theChamp-de-Mars in central Paris. Out of more than 100 designs submitted, the Centennial Committee chose Eiffel's plan of an open-lattice wrought-iron tower that would reach almost 1,000 feet above Paris and be the world's tallest man-made structure. Eiffel, a noted bridge builder, was a master of metal construction and designed the frame work of the Statue of Liberty that had recently been erected in New York Harbor