Why was the Eiffel Tower built?
Tower Nobody Wanted
Why was the Eiffel Tower built?
Paris, 1889. France wanted to throw the world's biggest party — a World's Fair celebrating one hundred years since the French Revolution. But every country would be there showing off. France needed something nobody could ignore, something that would make everyone's jaw drop.
The government announced a contest: design us a tower for the entrance. Make it the tallest structure humans have ever built. Make it impossible to miss. Hundreds of engineers sent in wild ideas — towers shaped like giant water sprinklers, towers with lighthouses on top, towers that looked like enormous guillotines (yikes).
