Eiffel Tower Spiral Staircase

On the first floor of the eiffel tower you can take a closer look at one of the remaining pieces of this historic staircase.

Eiffel tower spiral staircase. The elevator of the south pillar is removed and in its place is installed a wide staircase used to perform descents from the first floor. Eiffel tower spiral staircase to be sold written by janine marsh on november 20 2013 in french icons how i would love to have several thousand euros lying around doing nothing because on monday 25 november 2013 a piece of parisian history will go under the hammer a section of the original eiffel tower spiral staircase. Twenty sections were subsequently sold at auction for a very good price. A piece of the eiffel towers original 1889 spiral staircase which linked the second and third floors for almost a century will be auctioned in paris.

In 1900 the tower was renovated the first time the stairs have undergone some changes here is the explanation given by gustave eiffel himself. News original spiral staircase section of paris eiffel tower auctioned. Gustave eiffel would use it to reach the office that hed set up for himself. Part of the staircase connecting the 2nd and 3rd floors of frances skyline landmark has reached three times the predicted.

Spiral staircase paris a magnificent industrial french cast iron spiral staircase dating from the second half of the 19th century around 1860 1880 the era known from the construction of the famous paris eiffel tower. Its industrial design the simplicity of the shape and the impressiveness of the cast iron makes that this particular and unique read more. The two existing staircases at the east and west piers will be assigned only to the ascent and this service. Its a long way up to the top of the eiffel tower.

The 25 step 4 meter spiral staircase was part of the original stairway when the eiffel tower opened to global acclaim in 1889. Since the eiffel tower has gained such iconic status around the world becoming an object of endless fascination as well as the cliche of choice for representing paris it can be easy to gloss the surface when visiting it and overlook its fascinating and tumultuous history. Since 1889 a combination of staircases and elevators have lifted visitors.