GIGANTIC PARIS TOWER
EIFFEL STRUCTURE DWARFED SCHEME TO DEFEND CITY The erection in Paris of a gigantic concrete tower 6540 ft.« high —nearly twice the height of Snowden and nearly seven times the height of the Eiffel Tower —is proposed by M. Henri Lossier, a constructionel expert, and by M. Faure Dujarric, an architect who has specialised in bridge and tower building. The tower would be equipped at different elevations with three large platforms, having windows " 96ft. high and 162 ft. wide. Through these, aeroplanes could be released in any direction. The main function of the tower, which would be fitted out with antiaircraft guns, would be to aid in protecting the city from aerial attacks. It is also considered that the projected tower could be turned to valuable therapeutic uses, as it could provide in the middle of Paris a sanatorium conferring all the benefits of brilliant sunshine and . purity of atmosphere. The tower, it is thought, would also be useful for making scientifi observations.
If the scheme proves feasible, it is hoped to have the construction finished in time for the proposed big Paris Exhibition in 1937. The tower, conical in shape, is designed to measure 650 ft. in diameter at the base and 130 ft. in diameter at the summit.
The Eiffel Tower, which would appear lilliputian by comparison, is only 984 ft. high.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21396, 20 October 1934, Page 3 (Supplement)
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