General Information:
Coordinates : 48.8583°N 2.2945°ECoordinates: 48.8583°N 2.2945°E
Construction started :1887
Completed :1889
Opening :31 March 1889
Height
Antenna spire :324.00 m (1,063 ft)
Roof :300.65 m (986 ft)
Top floor :273.00 m (896 ft)
Technical details
Floor count : 3
Elevator count : 9
Design and construction
Owner : France City of Paris, France (100%)
Management : Société d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE)
Main contractor : Gustave Eiffel & Cie
Eiffel Tower is located in Paris, France. It is the world tallest structure of Record height from 1889 to 1930. Open latticework supports made of puddle iron. The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of England), inaugurated the opening ceremony. Than 700 proposals submitted in a design competition, one was unanimously chosen, a radical creation from the structure of the French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, who assisted in the design by engineers Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier, and architect Stephen Sauvestre.
