It took 300 workers, 18,038 pieces of wrought iron and 2.5 million rivets to complete the structure. A combination of two photos shows the progress of the Eiffel Tower’s construction in Paris ...

in place until the 1960s), the Eiffel Tower can be spotted from almost anywhere in the French capital. Its wrought-iron lattice construction—which was actually a mathematical choice, not an ...

NARRATOR: Eiffel has just received good news. After months of negotiations, his iron tower has won the official competition for the World's Fair gateway monument and construction has finally been ...

Building the massive Eiffel tower on the bank of the Seine ... Narrator] After months of preparation, the tower's construction can finally begin. But being so close to the river means the soil ...

But the Eiffel Tower stands out from ... But what makes the giant iron pylon so irresistible, especially considering its relatively simple construction? Exactly that, says Matilda McQuaid, acting ...

The Eiffel Tower can indeed grow and contract in the summer and winter, respectively. However, the growth is only a few millimeters — not up to 6 inches, as many social media posts claim.

Ambitious Lego fans who want to replicate the Parisian experience in their own homes can now do so with their very own Eiffel Tower ... the momentous wrought iron tower,” according to a news ...

The most exclusive, hardest-to-obtain accessory this year won't have diamonds or pearls, but rather iron from the ... medals are from the Eiffel Tower's original construction in the 1880s.