EIFFEL TOWER.
♦ THREATENED WITH DESTRI (NITON. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHT. Received .Tan. 7. 10.51 a.m. PARIS, Jan. Eiffel Tower is threatened with destruction by rust, which is defying constant repnintings. Experts are scare)] iuic for an effective coating material. —-Sydney Sun ('able. [The Eiffel Tower was designed and erected by Gustave Eiffel for the Paris Exhibition of 1889. It is 984 feet high, and is built of iron throughout, 7300 tons of that metal being used l in its construction. The shape is that of a curved l pyramid. Electric lifts run to the top. The tower is an important wireless telegraphy' station and meteorological centre.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 7 January 1926, Page 5
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105EIFFEL TOWER. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 7 January 1926, Page 5
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