guillaume apollinaire’s “ocean letter” features the eiffel tower at 300 meters high
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Guillaume Apollinaire’s “Ocean Letter”
Features the Eiffel Towerat
300 meters high
Some Interesting Details• Inaugurated on March 31,1889 • built for the universal exhibition to celebrate the French Revolution
of 1789• Contractor : Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923)• Studies : begun in 1884; Construction : 1887 to 1889 ( 2 years, 2
months, 5 days )• Material : puddled iron• Composition : 18,038 pieces; 2,500,000 rivets• Weight of the metal structure : 7300 tons; Total weight : 10,100 tons• Height in 1889 : 312.27 m (height with flagpole)• Height : 324 m (height with antenna) • Paint : 50 tons of paint every 7 years
More Interesting Details--
• Lighting: 352 projectors of 1000 watts• Sparking lights : 20,000 bulbs, 800 fairy lights• Revolving light : 4 floodlights equipped with 6000
watt xenon bulbs• Numbers of visitors in 2000 : 6.315.324• Numbers of visitors up until 12/31/2000 :
192,120,123• Number of steps : 1665
“In 1889 the tower was a colossal fairground attraction, but during the 1920s it became a symbol of modernity and the avant-garde, inspiring poets such as Guillaume Apollinaire, film-makers, photographers and numerous painters.”
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