Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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i fookin love paris.
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big eck
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Registered: 20th Apr 03
Location: Tullibody. Drives - Audi B8 S4 & Fiesta Zetec-S
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There no way on earth I'd climb that high
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Eck
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
Location: Lundin Links, Fife
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4th pic is awesome 
[Edited on 05-07-2006 by Eckmcmann]
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Fee
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Registered: 16th Nov 05
Location: With AK
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quote: Originally posted by big eck
There no way on earth I'd climb that high
There's lifts...you don't have to take the stairs
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Russ
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Registered: 14th Mar 04
Location: Armchair
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quote: Originally posted by robmarriott
i fookin love fee.
me too
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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it is quite high at the top...
how high is it?
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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TOWER BASICS
Years Built: 1887-1889 for 1889 Universal Exhibition and Centennial
of the French Revolution
Engineers : Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier
Architect : Stephen Sauvestre
Contractor : Gustave Eiffel
Occasion for Construction: 1889 Universal Exhibition
Construction Period: 23 January 1887 to March 1889 (2years,2months,5days)
Tower inaugurated: March 31, 1889
Number of Steel Workers: 300
Number of Workers Killed during Construction: 1
Rivets: 2,500,000
Steel pieces: 18,038
Height: 300.51 meters (986 feet) (+/- 15 cm depending on temperature)
1st level - 57 meters
2nd level - 115 meters
3rd level - 276 meters
Height including television antenna: 320.755 meters (1052 feet)
Weight: 7,000 tons (1,000 tons removed during 1990's renovation)
Base: 412 feet square, although also noted as about 2.5 acres
Foundation Pressure: 58.26 to 64 psi (9000 psf)
Paint: 50 tons every 7 years
Paint Color: Dark Brown
Steps to Top: 1789 (Birnbaum), 1671 (Joseph Harriss), 1652 (others),
1665 (Official Eiffel Tower Website)
Steps walkable by visitors (Ground to 2nd floor): 704
Year lighting added contributing to Paris' reputation as "City of Lights": 1986
Lighting : 352 projectors of 1000 watts
Day German flag was hoisted on the Eiffel Tower as German army entered
and occupied Paris: June 14, 1940
Number of Visitors, 1987: 4,000,000
Number of visitors, 1996 : 5,530,279
Numbers of visitors from the beginning to 1996: 167,664,439
First Radio Transmission: 1918
First TV transmission: 1957
Maximum sway in wind: 12 cm
Tallest Structure in the World: 1889-1930 (until Chrysler Building)
2nd Tallest Structure in the World: 1930-1932 (Until Empire State Bldg)
Parachute Descent: 1984 by two Englishmen
Bicycle Descent: 1923 Journalist
Mountaneering Ascent: 1954
Visibility on a clear day: 67 kilometers (42 miles)
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Andy Stocker
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Registered: 31st Aug 00
Location: Herts Drives: Porsche 911
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Funny spotting that no. plate
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Fee
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Registered: 16th Nov 05
Location: With AK
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Its my dad's car
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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I've been to the top of there, I've been everywhere Hitler went.
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Nismo
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Registered: 12th Sep 02
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did you go in the car show rooms?
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Gregor
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Registered: 28th Nov 03
Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire
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Am I cracking up , or does AK look a bit like Steven Gerrard ?
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Nismo
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Registered: 12th Sep 02
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No AK is Kevin Bacon
Foooooooooooooooooooootloose
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