By: Kallie Johnson

 I picked the Eiffel Tower because I always wanted to go see it and I wanted to learn more about it.

 The Eiffel Tower is located in Paris, France.

 It started getting worked on in 1887 and was finished in  The Eiffel Tower opened on March 31,  It took 2 years, 2 months, and 5 days to build the tower completely

 There are 9 elevators in the Eiffel Tower.  The tower is 81 stories tall.  The lights on the tower light up every hour for 5 minutes everyday.  The Eiffel Tower is painted every 7 years in 3 different shades of brown.  Almost 50 tons of paint are used when they paint the Eiffel Tower every 7 years.  The city of Paris owns the Eiffel Tower.

 Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was the creator of the Eiffel tower. He was only 91 years old when he died.  He was born in 1832 and he died in  He had 3 daughters and 2 sons.

April 1888 July 1888 December 1888 Complete May 1889

 A lot of people think the Eiffel Tower is made of steel but the Eiffel Tower is actually made of pure iron.  In 1887, 300 workers started putting together over 18,000 pieces of pure iron.  They needed a total of 7,000 tons of iron.

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