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The Eiffel Tower ( / ˈaɪfəl / ⓘ EYE-fəl; French: Tour Eiffel [tuʁ ɛfɛl] ⓘ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889. Locally nicknamed " La dame de fer " (French for "Iron Lady"), it was ...
The Exposition Universelle of 1889 ( French pronunciation: [ɛkspozisjɔ̃ ynivɛʁsɛl] ), better known in English as the 1889 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 6 May to 31 October 1889. It was the fifth of ten major expositions held in the city between 1855 and 1937. [ a] It attracted more than thirty-two ...
1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1889th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 889th year of the 2nd millennium, the 89th year of the 19th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1880s decade. As of ...
4 February – The Tribunal Civil de la Seine orders the winding up of the Panama Canal Company. 31 March – The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated. 6 May – Exposition Universelle opens in Paris. 28 May – Rubber tyre company Michelin is registered by Édouard and André Michelin. 22 September – Legislative election held.
5. Washington Water Power/Avista Building, Spokane, Washington. The building, overlooking the Spokane River and the Monroe Street Bridge, was originally built back in 1890 to power the city’s ...
The SAG-nominated actor was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday. In a rare appearance, Vaughn and wife Kyla Weber were joined by their children Locklyn, 13, and Vernon, 11 ...
Just after 3 p.m. on May 31, 1889, the South Fork Dam collapsed, sending nearly 5 billion gallons of water rushing down into the communities below. In a matter of just 10 minutes, the large mass ...
He was invited to Jerusalem by city engineer Uri Shetrit and former mayor Ehud Olmert, [3] who, according to Calatrava, challenged him to "do the most beautiful contemporary bridge". [4] Construction of the Chords Bridge began in 2005, with an estimated cost of NIS 129 million, far higher than the initial forecast of NIS 80 million. [5]