Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower (French: Tour Eiffel) is a puddled iron tower built on the Champ de Mars, beside the River Seine, in Paris, France. It is the most famous Paris landmark and is used as a symbol of the city. At the time of its construction in 1889 it was the tallest building in the world, and remained so until 1930. Named after its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, it is a premier tourist destination, with over 5.5 million visitors per year.

Imitations and reproductions

Several reproductions/models of the Eiffel Tower (often smaller-scale) exist.

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Imitations (similar towers, not scale models)

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• Kiev TV Tower, Kiev, Ukraine - At 385m, the world's tallest lattice tower, with similarities to the Eiffel Tower, although with no observation deck for visitors.
• Riga Radio and TV Tower, Riga, Latvia - 368.5 m concrete tower on three legs, in similar style to the Eiffel Tower.
• Dragon Tower, Harbin - a 336 metre high lattice tower at Harbin, China.
• Tokyo Tower, Tokyo, Japan - 9m higher than the original (33 m if the TV antenna is included)).
• TV Tower Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia - 311.7 m high lattice tower built from 1974 to 1977.
• St. Petersburg TV Tower, St. Petersburg, Russia - 310 m lattice tower without observation deck, resembling the Eiffel Tower.
• Star Tower, Cincinnati, Ohio - 291.4 m transmission tower from a similar design, but without observation deck.
• Qingdao TV Tower, China - 232 m TV tower with observation deck.
• Crystal Palace Transmitter, London, England - 222 m TV tower without observation deck, nicknamed London's Eiffel Tower.
• Brasilia TV Tower, Brasilia, Brazil - 218 m lattice tower with an observation deck at a height of 75 m.
• Guangzhou TV Tower, Guangzhou, China - A 217 metre high TV tower of lattice steel at Guangzhou
• Guangdong TV Tower, Guangdong, China - A 200 metre high TV tower of lattice steel at Guangdong
• Nagoya TV Tower, Nagoya, Japan - 180 m
• Odinstårnet, Odense, Denmark - A 177 metre high lattice tower, destroyed in 1944
• Blackpool Tower, Blackpool, England - 158 m (519 ft); it is not quite a free-standing structure, it stands above the Tower Circus complex, where the four "legs" can be seen.
• Mesquite Tower, Mesquite, Texas - 155.3 m transmission tower from a similar design, but without observation deck.
• Croydon Transmitter - A 152 metre high transmission tower at London without observation deck
• Radio Tower Berlin, Berlin, Germany - 150m transmission tower with observation deck. Sometimes nicknamed as a copy of the Eiffel Tower, although the two structures are not too similar. The Radio Tower Berlin is the only observation tower whose feet are insulated against ground.
• Sapporo TV Tower, Sapporo, Japan - 147 m.
• Beppu Tower, Beppu, Japan - 100 m, http://www2.odn.ne.jp/yoko-tower/list1-e.htm
• Zendstation Zwollerkerspel - 90 m high radio tower remembering to Eiffel Tower
• Tour métallique de Fourvière, Lyon, France - 85.7 m lattice tower built from 1892 to 1894. Used until 1953 as an observation tower, but is now a TV Tower closed to visitors.
• Torre del Reformador, Guatemala City, Guatemala - 75 m.
• Transmitter Brookmans Park - two 60.96 metre high lattice towers, insulated against ground
• Petrinska rozhledna, Prague, Czech Republic - 60 m, built in 1891.
• Watkins' Tower, Wembley Park, London, England - never completed, demolished in 1907.
• Joseph's Cross, Stollberg/Harz, Germany - 38 m observation tower in form of a double-cross, resembling the Eiffel Tower.
• Woodwards Building, Vancouver, Canada - A small reproduction on the roof of the building is topped by a signature neon "W". This building is now being converted into social housing. http://www.downtowneastside.ca/images/woody/wo08.jpg

Reproductions (scale models)

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• In front of the Paris Las Vegas hotel/casino on the Las Vegas Strip, Paradise, Nevada, near Las Vegas, USA - 165 m (540 ft, scale 1:2). http://www.timshell.com/pics/lasvegas/EiffelTower2.jpg
• Shenzhen, China - ~100 m (~328 ft, scale 1:3)
• Paramount's Kings Island, Ohio, USA - ~100 m (~328 ft, scale 1:3)
• Paramount's Kings Dominion, Virginia, USA - 84 m (275 ft, scale 1:3.59)
• Slobozia, Romania - 54 m (177 ft)
• In Parizh, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Nagaybaksky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. Built by South Ural Cell Telephone company, used as a cell phone tower. - 50 m (164 ft)
• Walt Disney World's Epcot theme park in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA (at the France Pavilion in World Showcase) - 23 m (~ 76 ft, scale 1:13) (information)
• Paris, Texas - 20 m (65 ft)
• As a Meccano model, housed at the Technology Museum of Georgia (Atlanta, Georgia). - 11m (36 ft) http://www.dalefield.com/mwes/history/eiffel_tower.html
• On a roof of an industrial building in Satteldorf, Germany -(height unknown)
• Centerpiece of the Falconcity of Wonders, a planned new development project in Dubai. UAE, featuring 7 modern wonders of the world (planned). http://www.falconcity.com/
• Model of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Tennessee, about 25 feet tall.
• Eiffel Tower reproduction (4 total) used as rooks in a chess set owned by Martin Scobowski of Whittier, New York; about 2.5 inches (6.25 cm) tall.