Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Eiffel Tower: Paris, 1889
It is calculated that about persons can ascend per day, and taking the average cost per head to be 3fr. We have here alone a gross revenue of about francs per day away and apart from this there are many other minor sources of revenue, so that allowing 'for all sorts of contingencies, some millions of francs may be netted by the spirited undertaker of this work, ere yet the Paris Exhibition is athing Of the past. 'why call a man mad and a fool, who has sufficient pluck and ingenuity to attempt something never before attempted. We should rather blame, if blame be called for, the morbid taste of the present generation, the ever increasing craving for something new, startling and sensational, The supply follows the demand, and always will.
The Tower stands some 300 yards Off the south side of the Seine, near the Jena Bridge, and its base forms an immense archway over the main path leading from this bridge to the central grounds of the Exhibition. The Tower at its base covers an area Of square feet.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
