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Only a very small number of Parisians and tourists know of the existence of what looks like a folly at the feet of the Iron Lady.
Interestingly the turret is older than the Eiffel Tower! The red-brick structure was built in 1887 when the foundations of the tower were being laid.
For which purpose was the chimney built?
The tower is in fact a smoking factory chimney. It’s the only vestige of the tower’s enormous building site.
What was it needed for?
The engine room occupied the south pier. It fed the construction site with energy, in particular the lifts that served to pull up the materials to the tower’s platforms.
The steam-engines generated so much smoke that an evacuation system was put in place. The steam was drawn through a ventilation duct that led to our present-day chimney.
Interestingly the turret is older than the Eiffel Tower! The red-brick structure was built in 1887 when the foundations of the tower were being laid.
For which purpose was the chimney built?
The tower is in fact a smoking factory chimney. It’s the only vestige of the tower’s enormous building site.
What was it needed for?
The engine room occupied the south pier. It fed the construction site with energy, in particular the lifts that served to pull up the materials to the tower’s platforms.
The steam-engines generated so much smoke that an evacuation system was put in place. The steam was drawn through a ventilation duct that led to our present-day chimney.