Building Period:  1887-1889                                                                     

    Reason:  For the Universal  Exhibition                                                   

    Weight: 7,000 tons                                                                               

    Steps to Top: 1789

    Lights added in:  1986

    Vision from top:  42 miles

    Designer: Alexandre Gustave Eiffel

    Connections to Chicago:

    The Sears Tower measures 1,450 ft.    

    The Eiffel Tower measures 986 ft.                               
  LA TOUR EIFFEL