Eiffel Tower

"Alec Eiffel" is a alternative rock song by the Pixies from their 1991 album Trompe le Monde, also released as a single. The song is a tribute to the famous French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, designer of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Alec Eiffel - Single. The following tracks appeared on the single: Alec Eiffel (Francis) - ?? Letter to Memphis [Instrumental] (Francis) - 2:43 Build High - (Francis) - 1:42Including:

• Alec Eiffel - Single

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The Champ de Mars is a large public green-space in Paris, France, located in the 7th arrondissement, between the Eiffel Tower to the northwest and the École Militaire to the southeast. The name means "Field of Mars", from Mars the Roman god of war, because it was originally used for military training. It was probably named after the Campus Martius of Rome. During the French Revolution, the Champ de Mars was the setting of the Fête de la Fédération, on the 14 July 1790. It was also the setting of a massacre on ...

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The Exposition Universelle of 1889 was a World's Fair held in Paris, France from May 5, to October 31, 1889. It was held during the year of the 100th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, an event traditionally considered as the symbol for the beginning of the French Revolution. The main symbol of the Fair was the Eiffel Tower, which was completed in 1889, and served as the entrance arch to the Fair. The Exposition covered a total area of 0.96 km², including the Champs de Mars, the Trocadéro, the < ...

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• Exposition Universelle 1889 - Statistics

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A Ferris wheel (or, more commonly in the UK, big wheel) is an amusement ride consisting of an upright wheel with passenger gondolas suspended from the rim. Ferris wheel - History. It is named after George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., who designed a 75-meter (250-foot) wheel for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois in 1893. It was designed as a rival to the Eiffel Tower, the centerpiece of the 1889 Paris exhibition. This first wheel weighed 2000 tonnes (2200 tons) and could carry 2,16 ...

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• Ferris wheel - History
• Ferris wheel - Observation wheels
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This article covers man-made high structures. Purposes: being impressive or beautiful saving surface area for the view for tourism for guiding: air traffic control tower, in particular at an airport, harbour control towers at harbours for security against coming in or getting out: a watch tower at a prison, concentration camp, fortress/castle, border/defensive wall; in some of these cases also to fire from. for watching out for fire, especially in a forest (fire tower) ...

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The structure was built between 1887 and 1889 as the entrance arch for the Exposition Universelle (1889), a World's fair marking the centennial celebration of the French revolution. It is located at geographic coordinates 48°51′29″N, 2°17′40″E. The tower was inaugurated on March 31, 1889, and opened on May 6. Three hundred workers joined together 18,038 pieces of puddled iron (a very pure form of structural iron), using two and a half million rivets, in ...

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Father Theodor Wulf in 1910 took observations of radiant energy radiating at the top and bottom of the Eiffel Tower, discovering more than was expected at the top, and thereby detecting what are today known as cosmic rays. In 1925, the con artist Victor Lustig twice "sold" the Eiffel Tower for scrap. In 1930, the Tower lost the title of the World's tallest structure when the Chrysler Building was completed in New York. From 1925 to 1934, illuminated signs for Citroën adorned three of the tower's four sides, making it the tall ...

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Since the beginning of the 20th century, the Eiffel Tower has been used for radio transmission. Until the 1950s, an occasionally modified set of antenna wires ran from the summit to anchor points on the avenue de Suffren and Champ de Mars. They were connected to long-wave transmitters which were in small bunkers; in 1909, a permanent underground radio center was built near the south pillar of the tower and still exists today. Since 1957, the Eiffel Tower has been use ...

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The tower is built as one large steel framework construction, similar to the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The 150 m high and approximately 600 metric ton radio tower was originally planned strictly as a transmitting tower, but later additions included a restaurant at a height of approximately 52 m, and observation deck at a height of approximately 125 m. Visitors reach the restaurant and the observation deck by a ...

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Funkturm Berlin, Funkturm Berlin - Building method, Funkturm Berlin - Dimensions of the tower, Funkturm Berlin - Chronicle of the Berliner Funkturm

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Its name commemorates the Battle of Bir-Hakeim during World War II. A commemorative panel is situated at the entrance of the platform for trains traveling towards the station Nation. It is the station closest to the Eiffel Tower and is thus frequented by tourists to the French capital. The signs on the station walls say "Bir-Hakeim -- Tour Eiffel" to alert people to this fact. Near the station is the Vel d'Hiv, or Winter Velodrome, which is famous for its cycling competitions, but is equally infamous as having been the first pl ...

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Bir-Hakeim Paris Metro, Bir-Hakeim Paris Metro - History

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It is named after George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., who designed a 75-meter (250-foot) wheel for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois in 1893. It was designed as a rival to the Eiffel Tower, the centerpiece of the 1889 Paris exhibition. This first wheel weighed 2000 tonnes (2200 tons) and could carry 2,160 persons at a time; Its axle was the largest piece of steel yet cast at that time. At 26 stories it was four stories taller than the tallest skyscraper in the world—also in Chicago—but only a quarter of the Eiffel Tower's height. It w ...

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Ferris wheel, Ferris wheel - History, Ferris wheel - Observation wheels, Ferris wheel - Double and Triple Wheels, Ferris wheel - External link

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1897 A year after Marconi’s experiments, Eugène Ducretet begins his trials of radio broadcasting from an mast on the 3rd level of the Eiffel Tower, and the TSF - la Télégraphie sans fil - wireless - begins in France. 1921 A member of the 'sapeurs-pompiers' reads the weather forecast and the Stock Market (Bourse) prices from a studio in the Eiffel Tower. 1922 6th November (8 days ahead of the BBC) Radiola, the first French private radio transmitter, begins regular broadcasts (it changes its name to Radi ...

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Timişoara is a multicultural city with influential minorities, primarily Hungarians, Germans, and Serbs, as well as Italians, Palestinians, and Greeks. It was the birthplace of Johnny Weissmuller (an Olympic swimmer, best known for his role as Tarzan). Gustave Eiffel, the creator of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, built Timişoara's foot bridge over the Bega. An industrial city with extensive services, it was the first European city to be lit by electric street lamps. The city is served ...

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List of towers - Famous towers. arbritrary selection CN Tower Leaning Tower of Pisa (not in the above list, 55 m tall) Space Needle (only 184 m tall) Eiffel Tower Funkturm Berlin Petronas Twin Towers Carlsberg Sky Tower List of towers - Partially guyed towers. The following towers consist of a free standing basement tower with a guyed radio mast on the top. Except of the radio tower Jauerling, which use ...

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Constructed in 1950, at 222 m (728 ft) tall it was the tallest structure in London until the construction of the 1 Canada Square tower at Canary Wharf in 1991. Despite its size, it has been largely overlooked as London landmark due to its location and simplicity. It has been nicknamed London's Eiffel Tower. The tower is currently used for UHF television broadcasting. It carries the London regions of BBC 1, BBC 2, ITV1 and Channel 4 in analogue, each with an effective radiated power of 1 MW, as well as all six digital terrestrial telev ...

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Crystal Palace Transmitter, Crystal Palace Transmitter - History and development, Crystal Palace Transmitter - Future developments, Crystal Palace Transmitter - Channels listed by frequency, Crystal Palace Transmitter - Notes

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Tourist attraction - Buildings and Structures. Big Ben – London, United Kingdom Brandenburg Gate – Berlin, Germany CN Tower – Toronto, Ontario, Canada Eiffel Tower – Paris, France Empire State Building – New York, New York Golden Gate Bridge – San Francisco, California, USA Great Wall of China – China Leaning Tower of Pisa – Pisa, Italy Great Pyramids – Cairo, Egypt Sydney Opera House – Syd ...

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A View to a Kill - Film locations. Siberia, Russia London, England Amberley, England Paris, France Ascot, Berkshire San Francisco, California A View to a Kill - Shooting locations. Pinewood Studios / Albert R. Broccoli's 007 Stage Iceland Switzerland France Eiffel Tower, Paris Jules Verne Restaurant, Eiffel Tower Château de Chantilly San Fr ...

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Location Eeuwfeestlaan/ Boulevard du Centenaire 1020 Brussels (Laken) Opening hours Sept. to March: 10 a.m. till 5.30 p.m. April to August: 9 a.m. till 7.30 p.m. Admission Adults: € 5,45 (Euro) per person Children (under 12): € 3,97 Groups (as from 20 persons): € 4,46 per adult person, € 3,47 per child under 12 Senior citizens: € 3,72 ...

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Atomium, Atomium - The Eiffel Tower of Brussels, Atomium - Renovation, Atomium - Information

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Blackpool is heavily dependent on tourism. Major attractions include: The three piers: the North (built in 1863), Central (1868) and South (1893). Blackpool Tower, built in May 1894, is a 518-foot-tall copy of the Eiffel Tower. It was painted gold for its centenary. The Blackpool Pleasure Beach amusement park, near to the South Pier. In what is often regarded as its heyday (1900-1960), Blackpool heaved as the factory workers of northern England took their annual holidays there en masse. Any photog ...

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Blackpool, Blackpool - Tourism, Blackpool - Non-tourist industry, Blackpool - Transport infrastructure, Blackpool - Blackpool in film, Blackpool - Local media, Blackpool - Local attractions culture and facilities

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A few of the more than 70 skyscrapers and monuments climbed by Alain Robert: Sydney, Australia – Sydney Tower and the Sydney Opera House Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Hotel Vermont Montreal, Canada – Crown Plaza Hotel Hong Kong, China ATV Asia Building Nec Building The Far East Financial Center The Cheung Kong Centre London Canary Wharf Tower Lloyd's building Paris, France Eiffel Tower Gra ...

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