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OCR: Tour Eiffel [Eiffel Tower Three hundred -meter tower built or the openingof the Exposition Universelle af 1889 in Paris When its iror framework was completed was the tallest man-made structure ir the world By I straddling the thoroughfare that begins between the Ecole Militaire and the Champ-de-Mars ua the Seine Gustave Eiffel -d duced sublime gateway for the fair Raised on its hour pylons, the lower arches allowed an unobstructed view f the Trocadero and floodlit fountains Eiffel's own fim Levallois-Perret, fabricated all the wrought-iron compon- ents including the connecting rivets and bolts Although in his efforts to reduce wind load Eiffel created graceful lacy look ta the tower many objected t the imposition the structure on the skyline of Paris. On the eve of its building the Tour Ei ...