BUILDING BY DESIGN ENGINEERING THE EIFFEL TOWER BY JANET SLINGERLAND CONTENT CONSULTANT Patrick Weidman Professor Emeritus Mechanical Engineering University of Colorado Boulder Core Library Cover image The Eiffel Tower sits in the Champ de Mars a park in Paris France An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com
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THE IRON LADY Streams of tourists exit a line of buses They all look up to the sky whipping out their cell phones and cameras Every few feet groups are huddled together They are having their pictures taken They are all here to see one of the most famous structures in the world the Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower was built as part of a World's Fair in Paris France in 1889 Originally the plan was to take the tower down after 20 years More than 125 years later the Eiffel Tower is more popular than ever It has earned the nickname la dame de fer or the 5 Each year millions of people visit the Eiffel Tower and the surrounding park
