But Eiffel prevailed and built the tower using mostly his own money, which he recouped in ticket sales by the end of the 1889 ...

It was designed and built by the firm Eiffel et Compagnie ... Pedestrians walk under Eiffel Tower at the 1889 World's Fair. | Michael Maslan/GettyImages The Eiffel Tower was never intended ...

Artur Widak / NurPhoto via Getty Images “The Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 World Expo, and that was the exposition that really celebrated advancements in technology,” McQuaid continues.

The Eiffel Tower opened in 1889, built by Gustave Eiffel for the World's Fair in Paris. It was an engineering marvel at the time of its construction and still is to this day. I’ve been to Paris ...

The Eiffel Tower and Seattle’s Space Needle were ... especially when they learn that Holmes had built a “World’s Fair Hotel”–including a crematorium and gas chamber—just outside ...

It's a small world. It was also common for the host city to build a new structure for the fair and a lot of them still exist. When it was built, the Eiffel Tower was the tallest man-made structure.

“On the contrary, the facade of the Eiffel Tower should continue to be used for the temporary promotion of worthy causes.” Originally built for the 1889 World’s Fair, the Eiffel Tower ...