To mark the 120th anniversary of the Eiffel Tower, several exhibitions can learn about the history of the tower and its author.
A free exhibition runs until August 30, 2009 as mayor of Paris to present Gustave Eiffel and his works.
The first part presents the various achievements since Gustave Eiffel's railway bridge in Bordeaux (1858-1860) until viaduct passing Garabit by the bridge over the Douro River in Porto (1876) or the internal structure of the Statue of Liberty (1884) and the dome of the observatory of Nice (1885) At that time the Eiffel earn a lot with the sale in the world of "portable bridges," Lots of parts intended to be assembled on site with few resources.
A second part is devoted to the Eiffel Tower which is not his idea but 2 of his house engineers Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier which you can see the drawing before project entitled " tower 300 m high for the city of Paris. "
In 1886, the competition for the architecture of the Universal Exhibition of 1889 provides for the construction of a metal tower with a square base on the Champ de Mars. 107 projects are presented, one can see in the exhibition such as that of Bourdais, who proposed a monumental lighthouse.
Work began in 1887, we see the progress with photographs and the tower was opened March 31, 1889. For the public it is a success: 1,953,122 people visited the tower during the Expo!
But there are many opponents to the construction of the tower with such as "Protest against the Tower of Monsieur Eiffel" Published February 14, 1887 in the newspaper Le Temps and signed big names from the world of literature and art as Maupassant, Gounod, Leconte de Lisle.
Many projects exist destruction of the tower after the World Fair, the tower is "rescued" by installing at the top of the wireless telegraph (radio) in 1905.
The third part of the exhibition shows the last phase of the work of Gustave Eiffel Panama Canal scandal in which his company had built 10 locks, his conviction and rehabilitation that lead to the withdrawal of business and begin a new career as a researcher.
It uses the opportunities offered by the altitude of the tower for meteorological observations, experiences of falling objects. It focuses its attention on aeronautics and develops a laboratory with a wind tunnel to test the behavior of the wind propeller or airplane wings. His laboratory still exists today and is visited during the same time this exhibition (see the website of the Paris city council indicated below).
projects of the 1890 unrealized are also presented: the "Metropolitan Line center "of Paris, the" bridge under the handle "or a laboratory on Mont Blanc.
The last part focuses on the life of Gustave Eiffel and his family, his life and places his way of life bourgeois easy.
If you want to know more, give yourself mayor of Paris , if you can not go there, go to the site presenting in detail the contents of the exhibition.
There is even a proposed route for young audiences: it can be downloaded here
information contained therein can help you to make a plug or a presentation!
Another exhibition, this time until December 31, 2009 at which one can get to visiting the Eiffel Tower but it pays!
You will find all relevant information on the site of the Eiffel Tower
And to prepare a presentation or get more information without leaving your you can also use some of the cards offered to primary teachers Click here
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