Transcript Guillaume Apollinaire`s “Ocean Letter” Features the Eiffel Tower

Guillaume Apollinaire’s
“Ocean Letter”
Features the Eiffel Tower
at
300 meters high
Some Interesting Details
• Inaugurated on March 31,1889
• built for the universal exhibition to celebrate the
French Revolution of 1789
• Contractor : Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923)
• Studies : begun in 1884; Construction : 1887 to
1889 ( 2 years, 2 months, 5 days )
• Material : puddled iron
• Composition : 18,038 pieces; 2,500,000 rivets
• Weight of the metal structure : 7300 tons; Total
weight : 10,100 tons
• Height in 1889 : 312.27 m (height with flagpole)
• Height : 324 m (height with antenna)
• Paint : 50 tons of paint every 7 years
More Interesting Details-• Lighting: 352 projectors of 1000 watts
• Sparking lights : 20,000 bulbs, 800 fairy lights
• Revolving light : 4 floodlights equipped with 6000
watt xenon bulbs
• Numbers of visitors in 2000 : 6.315.324
• Numbers of visitors up until 12/31/2000 :
192,120,123
• Number of steps : 1665
“In 1889 the tower was a colossal fairground
attraction, but during the 1920s it became a symbol
of modernity and the avant-garde, inspiring poets
such as Guillaume Apollinaire, film-makers,
photographers and numerous painters.”
In a Station at the Metro
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http://www.abcparislive.com/
http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/eiffel/eiffel.html
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