The Eiffel Tower is made of wrought iron, which is why its nickname is Iron Lady. Altogether, 18,038 pieces of metal were ...

The final design called for 18,000 pieces of puddle iron and an incredible 2.5 million rivets. Admittedly, that sounds a lot more difficult than the 3D Eiffel Tower puzzle we had as kids.

The Eiffel Tower, La Tour Eiffel in French ... Building the tower required 2.5 million thermally assembled rivets and 7,300 tons of iron. To protect the tower from the elements, workers painted ...

Going up the Eiffel Tower is one of the great travel ... made of iron beams held together with 2.5 million rivets, the tower was a pure showpiece, with no functional purpose.

The tower’s main designer was one of Eiffel’s employees ... They used more than 18,000 individual metallic parts, 2.5 million rivets, and 40 tons of paint. Upon its completion in March ...

An estimated 2,500,000 rivets, 7,300 tonnes of iron ... and all that I hope," Eiffel wrote. "For my part, I believe that the Tower will have its own beauty. Do people think that because we are ...

Six small clasps that hold the iron pieces in the medals are a wink at the 2.5 million rivets that bind the Eiffel Tower together. Around the iron pieces are disks of gold, silver or bronze.

Eiffel made use of new technology that ... years and used some 18,000 pieces of metal and 2,500,000 rivets. The 300-metre (984-foot) tower it was the tallest structure in the world until overtaken ...

Lastly, the claw setting connecting the iron hexagon to the rest of the medal is a nod to the Eiffel Tower. The setting is in a shape called “Clous de Paris,” which you’ll find in the rivets dotting ...