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Ascension de la tour Eiffel par les escaliers

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Year:
1889
Genre:
engravings (prints)
Subject:
Tour Eiffel (Paris, France)
Architecture > Monuments
Social Life > Entertainment
1871-1940 (The Third Republic)
Local ID:
1-SIZE T803.B1 H83x 1889
Extent:
1 engraving; 31.4 x 23.6 cm

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Abstract:
The Eiffel Tower was built with a set of elevators (one in each of its pillars), but one could also walk to the top through the staircases. There are about 1700 steps from the bottom to the top.

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"Ascension de la tour Eiffel par les escaliers" (1889). Paris: Capital of the 19th Century. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:86993/

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