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  2. Eiffel Tower - Wikipedia

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    The Eiffel Tower was the world's tallest structure when completed in 1889, a distinction it retained until 1929 when the Chrysler Building in New York City was topped out. [102] The tower also lost its standing as the world's tallest tower to the Tokyo Tower in 1958 but retains its status as the tallest freestanding (non-guyed) structure in France.

  3. Eiffel Tower evacuated on Christmas Eve following fire alarm ...

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    The Eiffel Tower evacuated tourists after the fire alarm went off Tuesday morning, the tower's operating company said. At approximately 10:50 a.m. local time, the fire alarm went off following a ...

  4. Eiffel Tower Allegedly Evacuated After Fire Breaks Out At ...

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    Tourists were allegedly evacuated from the Eiffel Tower after a fire broke out at the iconic French landmark; however, official French agencies are yet to confirm the news. The Parisien attraction ...

  5. List of tallest buildings and structures in the Paris region

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    However the tallest tower is built within central Paris: the iconic Eiffel Tower standing alongside the Seine River at the heart of the 7th arrondissement. Built in 1889, it was the first man-made structure in the world to exceed 1,000 feet.

  6. Eiffel Tower Fast Facts - AOL

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    1889 - The tower opens during the Universal Exposition, a fair celebrating the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. It is the tallest structure in the world until 1930, when the Chrysler ...

  7. List of tallest buildings and structures - Wikipedia

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    Completed in 1982, the tower's guy-wires were not protected against corrosion and failed due to rust and storm winds causing the tower to collapse in 1989. Small-scale experimental model of a solar draft tower, newer proposals if built could become the tallest structure on earth. Wooden structure: Mühlacker Wood Radio Tower Germany: Mühlacker ...

  8. Eiffel Tower evacuated after man seen climbing hours before ...

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    The area surrounding the Eiffel Tower was evacuated on Sunday afternoon after a man was seen climbing up the Paris landmark hours as the Olympics bids farewell with tonight’s closing ceremony ...

  9. Exposition Universelle (1889) - Wikipedia

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    In the first place, for its buildings, especially the Eiffel tower and the Machinery Hall; in the second place, for its Colonial Exhibition, which for the first time brings vividly to the appreciation of the Frenchmen that they are masters of lands beyond the sea; thirdly, it will be remembered for its great collection of war material, the most ...