Construction of the Eiffel Tower began on January 28, 1887, and
was eventually completed on March 31, 1889. It took 2 years, 2
months, and 5 days for the 300 workers involved to complete the
task. Gustave Eiffel, the person who had created the internal frame
of the Statue of Liberty in 1885, was the main architect and
contractor. The Eiffel Tower stands 324 meters tall and weighs
7,300 tons. With that height, the Eiffel Tower was the tallest
structure in the world, when it was built, and continued to be so
until 1930.
