Work on the foundations started
Time: Friday Jan 28, 1887
Place: Paris, France
Details: Work on the foundations started on 28 January 1887. Those for the east and south legs were straightforward, with each leg resting on four 2 m (6.6 ft) concrete slabs, one for each of the principal girders of each leg. The west and north legs, being closer to the river Seine, were more complicated: each slab needed two piles installed by using compressed-air caissons 15 m (49 ft) long and 6 m (20 ft) in diameter driven to a depth of 22 m (72 ft) to support the concrete slabs, which were 6 m (20 ft) thick. Each of these slabs supported a block of limestone with an inclined top to bear a supporting shoe for the ironwork.
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January 1887
Eiffel Tower-Contract was signed
Saturday Jan 8, 1887 - France
1887
Alfred Nobel-Nobel patented ballistite
1887 - Sweden
Eiffel Tower-Contract was signed
Saturday Jan 8, 1887 - France
Nikola Tesla-Tesla developed an induction motor that ran on alternating current
1887 - U.S.
Eiffel Tower-Artists against the Eiffel Tower
Monday Feb 14, 1887 - France
Max Planck-1st Marriage
Mar, 1887 - Kiel, Holstein, Germany
Nikola Tesla-Tesla Electric Company
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Vladimir Lenin-Entering Kazan University
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