The day of the grand opening of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

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On the same day, designer Gustav Eiffel hoisted the French flag at the top of the tower. Today, the construction of the Eiffel Tower is one of the most famous and remarkable architectural sites in France and is a symbol of Paris in the world. The designer himself calls it a simple, 300-meter tower. The Eiffel Tower was a temporary structure and was built in 1889 as the entrance arch of the World's Fair. Twenty years later, the structure was scheduled to be demolished, but only the radio antennas installed at the top were removed. Dedicated to the centenary of the French Revolution, the French government planned to hold a World's Fair and a competition of projects to make changes to the Eiffel Tower. 107 contestants took part in the competition, with the Gustav Eiffel project taking first place. "France is the only country with a 300-meter flagpole," Eiffel said. For forty years it was the tallest tower in the world. In 1930, Chrysler Building in New York passed him by. Television tower - a radio and television transmission station; base on which television, radio, radiotelephone and radiotelephone antennas are mounted. The height is determined by the radius of influence of the television station and the number and size of the transmitting television antenna. The higher the TV tower, the wider the range of antennas. In addition to a few television antennas to the television tower is an ultra-shortwave radio broadcast antennas, radio relay communication, portable radiotelephone antennas can be installed. Sometimes meteorological monitoring devices are also installed on the TV tower. The television tower is built of metal (steel) or reinforced concrete in various architectural solutions. Most TV towers in big cities will have a playground, cafe or restaurant to watch the cityscape. All communication facilities will be placed inside the tower, radio transmitter and other electronic equipment will be placed inside the upper part. One of the tallest television towers in the world is the Television Technical Center in Ostankino (Moscow) (533,3 m, 1967). The Toronto Television Tower in Canada is the tallest tower in the world (550m, 1974). Construction of a 600-meter television tower began in Tokyo (2004). There are 2 TV towers in Tashkent, 1 TV tower is 180 m high, built in 1956. Due to the expansion of television, there was a need to build a strong radio and television transmission station, and in 1978-1985 the height was 375 m. a second teleminora was built. (Architects: Yu. Semashko, N. Terziyev-Sarukov)