6 Surprising Facts About the Eiffel Tower
| June 17, 2015
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6. It Was Only Intended to Stand for 20 Years
When construction on the tower was finished in 1889, the plan was for it to revert to city ownership in 20 years’ time. Even before they came into possession of the tower, the city of Paris planned to tear it down — they even wrote into the construction agreement that it should be easy to demolish. However, once the government started using the tower as a wireless transmitter, it was determined that it was too valuable to tear down, and was kept intact. Now, the French government makes millions of dollars off Eiffel Tower tourism per year.
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