$64 million is peanuts compare to what that tower has given in tourism revenue, rebuild the tower if you must in fact build another one that it can have a friend.
@Anonymous-zu7dh2 ай бұрын
"why did you decide to build a second ~~crusty crab~~ Eiffel tower next to the old one?" "Money"
@kieran85642 ай бұрын
Thats just paint not fixing it did you watch the video 😂
@matthewc.28242 ай бұрын
Mon président, a second baguette has hit the tower!
@Djamonja2 ай бұрын
I think the point is that repainting it might not be enough to prevent it from slowly rusting. It isn't very clear what the underlying state of the iron structure is, but I assume there is some degradation after 140 years, and just painting over it every 7 years might not completely stop it. It might be better to replace some of the structure every year with newer materials to make it safer.
@bryce.ferenczi2 ай бұрын
6:08 original INFLATION ADJUSTED cost was $37M, might as well take it down and put up another.
@chicobicalho56212 ай бұрын
If the Golden Gate can be maintained, so can the Eiffel Tower. Besides, $64 million is nothing compared to the revenue in tourism this structure brought to France and to Paris specifically.
@renerpho2 ай бұрын
They currently pay €92m per year just for maintaining the Eiffel Tower, and that figure is expected to rise to €130m by the end of the decade. That's in addition to the €380m that were pledged to be invested until 2031. In total, they currently (as of 2022) pay about €120m per year, with a revenue of €106m (losing them about €14m annually), and that deficit is expected to grow rapidly. They were actually running a surplus until about 10 years ago, but since then, it's gotten difficult to keep up. For comparison, the Golden Gate Bridge costs about $85m (€78m) per year to maintain, at an annual revenue of $145m (€134m).
@Marchanthof2 ай бұрын
@@renerpho True, although I think the tower is also such a symbolic structure, which also helps attracting tourists to the city. Let's say that of the millions and millions of tourists that visit Paris every year (50 million), 1% of those tourists have come (partly) because of the Eiffel Tower. That is 500.000 people. Those people easily spend 100/150 euro's a day for hotel + other costs. If the average tourist spends 2 days in Paris, they easily spend 200 euro's, meaning another 100 million euro's of income. And that would just be Paris itself. The tower also adds to the image of France being an amazing holiday destination, so even people not visiting the city itself might indirectly be influenced to come just because of the tower. That is hard to prove of course, but it is quite likely.
@Boxaxel2 ай бұрын
@@renerpho yeah, but tourists going to see the eiffel tower spend money elsewhere so for the entire citys economy it is probably still a huge surplus.
@renerpho2 ай бұрын
@@Boxaxel In total, yes. For SETE, no. I think Paris has to rethink how they operate that tower if they want to sustain it long-term.
@bryrusmi40012 ай бұрын
@@renerphoI'm having trouble understanding how the Golden Gates maintenance budget could be so much lower than the Eiffel towers? The Golden gate is exposed to salt water, daily! I mean yeah, Paris has¿ had¿ smog issues, but last I checked that was nowhere near as corrosive as salt to iron. The Golden gate is about 3 times longer than the Eiffel Tower is high. So the square footage of exposed area should be close to the same wouldn't it?
@holtovhond2 ай бұрын
It`s not a big money if you think that this structure represents the whole country.
@aerolus2 ай бұрын
additionally he says it brings in 100 million a year in revenue
@superhooch2 ай бұрын
@@aerolus he also said operating costs often exceed that
@SpongeBob-xh8ir2 ай бұрын
Zero culture
@SpongeBob-xh8ir2 ай бұрын
Make a mosque there ☪️
@PierreMiniggio2 ай бұрын
It's not, but the company and workers associations running it are corrupted by the money they get from the tower and are not willing to cut back temporarly for long term gains, they prefer running it to the ground for short term gains. They were already given the money to fix it, but they wasted it it nonsense instead. If you speak french, this video is great on that topic : kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIqkm5xog9eEqtE
@UnbeltedSundew2 ай бұрын
The Eiffel tower is probably the most recognizable structure in the entire world. The thought of France quibbling over maintaining it is actually hilarious, and very French.
@swayback73752 ай бұрын
It’s definitely been one of the most recognizable structures for it’s entire history
@Jumboo3642 ай бұрын
Yeah clickbait
@kartofff2 ай бұрын
It is just ridiculous clickbait indeed. Nobody in France questions sparing a cent over properly maintaining this tower.
@ereder14762 ай бұрын
@@kartofff yes, but at the same time, everybody in france hate when you spare a cent, and that cent goes into the pocket of someone and not for maintaining the tower
@Fanfanbalibar2 ай бұрын
@@ereder1476 WHERE DO YOU SEE THAT??????
@AdhamOhm2 ай бұрын
Even considering the state it's currently in, it's amazing that this "temporary" structure has stood for 140 years. Goes to show how things back then were built to last, even when they weren't meant to.
@Balognamanforya2 ай бұрын
Survival bias, you only think things were ment to last cause the old things you see today still working gives you that impression, but the vast majority of things made 70+ years ago didn't last. The stuff we make today does last longer than the old stuff. But your also able to see all the things that don't last, this gives the illusion that everything old lasts, and anything new doesn't. You just weren't alive to see all the old things that didn't last.
@leilei49-512 ай бұрын
It stood this long because of the ton of money poured into its original construction and continued maintenance. Of course it was gonna last. But not all constructions, then and now, receive the same treatment.
@denimadept2 ай бұрын
Look at many of the things NASA has produced that had a 5 year planned life but lasted 40 or more.
@JohnGeorgeBauerBuis2 ай бұрын
@@Balognamanforya it depends. There are plenty of examples (particularly bridges and tunnels) that used to be overbuilt, that are now only built to last a short time to reduce cost and weight.
@joeycampbell9402 ай бұрын
Survivor bias not quality.
@dandoe16202 ай бұрын
Saw it for the first time in my life this past June. It was bigger and more beautiful than I imagined.
@tood64592 ай бұрын
I had the exact same thought as I approached it for the first time as well!
@paulweiler89672 ай бұрын
That's what she said
@Spike18102 ай бұрын
@@paulweiler8967bro stop💀
@rickarmstrong47042 ай бұрын
Stir the pot here I will, the front face of that Cathedral is humdrum it hides all the fancy bites that are the star of that structure the Eiffel Tower is Beautiful from any angle You chose to veiw it it is bewildering that a company that is charged with its upkeep spends more time looking for pictures of it in lights ( it has a copyright of some sort for that ) they should be kicked to the curb for not doing a proper job of it!
@gamerairways2 ай бұрын
64 million, lol. Brother funds for Notre Dame reached almost 1 billion.
@krashd2 ай бұрын
And they were mainly donations from Christians.
@cruisinguy60242 ай бұрын
Reconstruction was estimated to run between 300 and 600 million however nearly a billion was raised. An astonishing waste of money in my opinion considering how many suffering people could have been helped with just half that money.
@cruisinguy60242 ай бұрын
@@krashdthe Catholic Church should have been first in line to put up money especially considering it’s enormous wealth but of course why donate when you can hoard instead
@jacquesdebeauregard59352 ай бұрын
@@cruisinguy6024notre dame is the property of the state, not the church
@cruisinguy60242 ай бұрын
@@jacquesdebeauregard5935 I’m aware, but the archdiocese of Paris has exclusive access and use of it. It’s operated by the Catholic Church in full authority under the pope.
@liamfoxy2 ай бұрын
"Parisians are not known for their restraint when it comes to handing out their critiques" Understatement of the century 😂
@bbartky2 ай бұрын
From the _Life_ magazine website: “The popular French writer Guy de Maupassant (1850 - 1893) reportedly ate lunch in the Eiffel Tower’s restaurant every day for years-not because he loved the great iron monument but because, so the story goes, it was the only place in Paris where he could sit and not see the tower itself.” 😂
@Fanfanbalibar2 ай бұрын
@@bbartky Ha! Maupassant died mad due from syphilis !!!!!!
@andmos10012 ай бұрын
“We beheaded Louis XVI, Macron we can start again!” A recent protest in Paris
@ligmasack90382 ай бұрын
@@Fanfanbalibar which means that unlike you, he was getting some Action!🤣
@shizukagozen7772 ай бұрын
@@bbartky Ridiculous.
@Zanagash2 ай бұрын
As a French I would be devastated if they had to tear down the Eiffel Tower. I think $64M is nothing compared to what the tower brings in terms of recognition. It is one of the strong symbols of France 🇫🇷 ! I wonder if they could rebuild it with carbon fiber or stainless steel… start from the top and start replacing every single part.
@danielduncan68062 ай бұрын
Would it still be the Eiffel Tower if it was completely replaced? Ship of Theseus style?
@khoado19992 ай бұрын
Not one of the strong symbol, its THE STRONGEST symbol
@petergerdes10942 ай бұрын
@@danielduncan6806Well the atoms in your body get replaced pretty frequently so I'm thinking yes. I always felt the ship of Theseus was best thought of a neat illustration of the fact that our notion of identity isn't always simple.
@danielduncan68062 ай бұрын
@@petergerdes1094 There is a HUGE difference between a human and the Eiffel Tower that you are overlooking. Which is, our consciousness. The Eiffel Tower is just an object, and has no such thing.
@leamubiu2 ай бұрын
Engineers would need to treat the suitability of such materials before swapping out anything. If Paris had not skimped out on the paint job over the decades, the tower would still be in perfect shape, uncorroded.
@tony_sheppard1652 ай бұрын
that last part made me tear up. There's no better feeling as an architect, engineer, and designer when the structure you built or designed, put your hard work, sweat and tears into is appreciated, not only that but to a level in which its impact became a national identity? no doubt would I think Mr Eiffel shed a tear to see that his work is still standing.
@bobyoung16982 ай бұрын
Paris would not be Paris without the Eiffel Tower. Now, how many cans of Rustoleum should I order?
@Monkisgoodvr2 ай бұрын
Yes Paris would not be Paris with out the Eiffel Tower You should order 35,000,000 cans
@denimadept2 ай бұрын
And Bondo. Don't forget that.
@JohnGeorgeBauerBuis2 ай бұрын
Hopefully automotive parts stores like Canadian Tire and Blain’s Farm and Fleet can contribute to this effort.
@disantoo2 ай бұрын
hey hey, Quick fact check: Eiffel did not engineer the Porto Viaduct mentioned, that's a big misconception since that bridge was made by Théophile Seyrig way after they parted ways (I study history), but he did engineer the bridge next to it, Ponte D. Maria Pia :D
@brunocalico2 ай бұрын
Indeed. "Porto Viaduct" official name is Ponte Luiz I.
@oooPardo2 ай бұрын
as a porto architect, i came looking for this comment. Its a common mistake to be fair, as they are pretty close to each other, both are steel arch bridges, and Seyrig was at one point Eiffel colaborator.
@disantoo2 ай бұрын
@@oooPardo exatamente, acho que é algo que até os habitantes do Porto (incluindo eu antes de estudar sobre o assunto) se enganam daí eu comentar que é a big misconception 😁
@NunoCordeiroPT2 ай бұрын
Came here to say this. Plus, there's not such thing as the "Porto Viaduct". It's Dom Luís Bridge - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom_Luís_I_Bridge
@user-iz3gv5vo6b2 ай бұрын
The dates mentioned in the middle are wrong as well? How was it being built in 1887, yet completed in 1879? Then there was mention of it being considered to be torn down in 1983, so Eiffel proposed several uses for it. Did he do that from the grave?
@74_Green2 ай бұрын
Band aid fix. Seems like a quick bodge job. They need to shut it down. Totally encapsulate the structure. Remove ALL of the old leaded paint. 100% remove any and all signs of rust or metal fatigue. Rust proof layer. Paint layers and a final ceramic clear coat. New lifts, new cables. Give the 5 restaurants and bars a rent-free period where they can be renovated also. DO the job PROPERLY, and it should be standing in another 135 years. Make the public and potential tourist fully aware months ahead. Promote the restoration. Keep the public informed of progress, and extensively promote the grand re-opening. I'm sure they could make the opening day tickets VIP prices. They could also run a lottery type event for the chance to win opening day tickets.
@chrism37842 ай бұрын
That's sounds way to smart of an idea. Smart don't work these days, most likely they'll just keep botch jobing it till a piece falls off and strikes a tourist, then get sued and finally, just maybe they'll think of something along those lines to fix it
@gharrison25952 ай бұрын
Why not just tear down the current structure and build a new, identical one in its place? That'll probably be cheaper and safer for the workers.
@bobbray96662 ай бұрын
A country hosting the 2024 Olympics that made the olympic pool too shallow, which produces slower race times, no air conditioning in the athletes sleeping quarters where the competitors sleep on cardboard is a country that will cut corners on restoring the Eiffel Tower.
@solracer662 ай бұрын
@@bobbray9666 The bed frames are cardboard with a normal mattress, these are the same style beds as were used for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo three years ago.
@ssl35462 ай бұрын
@@solracer66 did Tokyo make the athletes sleep in un-airconditioned rooms?
@Leonard_Wilson2 ай бұрын
The Brooklyn Bridge is 141 years old and still standing. It has been renovated many times throughout the year. It wouldn’t be that hard to fix a rusty metal tower.
@mattkennedy93082 ай бұрын
Yeah, Sydney Harbour Bridge is only 90 years or so (1932) but if we can keep it in working, the French should be able to sort the tower out.
@bionity47492 ай бұрын
Yep, but those were built to stay. Effeil Tower was just for the show. I don't understand how pandemic ruined a thing this big. Law prevented people to be more than a few in confine spaces. But this tower is not what I call a "confine space"...
@JohnGeorgeBauerBuis2 ай бұрын
@@bionity4749 I’m guessing it had to do with the need for proximity to use the equipment required to scale the tower without much risk of falling, but it still should be possible to get it fixed starting as soon as the Olympic Games are over.
@DalHrusk8 күн бұрын
The difference is that Brooklin Bridge has zinc coating. Eiffel Tower just paint.
@rapidthrash19642 ай бұрын
Feels like a tower version of “Ship of Theseus” scenario
@red.aries14442 ай бұрын
I had the same idea - replace part after part of the puddle iron with stainless steel and you'll have two towers in the end.
@l4nd3r2 ай бұрын
I think the symbolism is more important than the metal itself, if replacing it get more of the it's life, then so be it, otherwise, nothing really lasts too long.
@basil99732 ай бұрын
I think the ship of theseus is a really dumb thought experiment, and i mean no offense by that. The symbolism of what things represent is a lot more important than if the metal itself is actually 140 years old or not, and posturing about how it does only makes it more likely that there will be end up being no eiffel tower, original or not.
@abzzeus2 ай бұрын
The Forth Bridge had the same problem with painting, but they re-painted the bridge in offshore fibreglass paint (they stripped it to bare metal first). They also had issues with red lead paint
@chazzyb86602 ай бұрын
Given how many €100million more than needed were raised to rebuild Notre Dame, I should imagine the people of Paris will be able to do this fairly easily. Nice pictures though Fred. I imagine the recent experience gained on the Forth and Golden Gate bridges restorations would come in handy.
@zacraymond2 ай бұрын
I was about to say the exact same thing 👏🏽
@zeniktorres43202 ай бұрын
If possible, give 18-24 month notice that it will be closed down, this will also give time for planning, training workers, then shut it down for 2 years for complete overhaul.
@laughingoutloud574216 күн бұрын
That's a good idea, but anyone who's worked on building/renovating a structure will tell you the completion date will be missed 98% of the time due to backlogged materials and other problems. I'm in full agreement that the tower is absolutely worth a full renovation due to it's historical significance and revenue it creates for France and Paris.
@MightyJosh19852 ай бұрын
I can't believe that it's even debated. Close the tower. Strip the old paint. Fix the broken iron. Then repaint.
@lana_del_slay_tv2 ай бұрын
$64 Million isn’t even much for such a project. For cologne cathedral, tens of millions are spend *each year*
@jankees40372 ай бұрын
And then the Greater Paris area is at least 10 times richer than the Koln/Cologne area. 64 million gets spent in the Netherlands on something small. So twice small. In France things are big.
@johnkeck2 ай бұрын
And did I hear correctly that $64M is more than the original price of construction in modern currency??
@narcopilehptique6341Ай бұрын
@@jankees4037 and things are spent really weirdly , cause in france for some reason even if it don't look like we are absolute retard in term of heritage conservation
@SmallSpoonBrigadeАй бұрын
@@johnkeck I don't know, but that wouldn't surprise me. Building things is often times cheaper than restoring them as you can arrange what you're doing to reduce excess cost. But, if you're got something in place, you have to prioritize not having the stuff that's already there falling down. When I was a kid, the local college football stadium collapsed during renovation because too many supports were removed by somebody that had no idea what they were doing.
@1999fxdx2 ай бұрын
If you examine it up close, it looks thin and spindly. I always wondered how it could withstand the weather for so long. It’s marvelous engineering.
@priscilabee5832 ай бұрын
They raised so much money for Notre dame's reconstruction, i bet they can duplicate the same motivation for the Eiffel Tower maintenance.
@andmos10012 ай бұрын
I believe the same drive would occur when the Eiffel is lost. Not sooner
@narcopilehptique6341Ай бұрын
i believe that with the climate change those type of event on historical building will be more and more common , the iron titan is fine, it's a symbol of this rush for novelty this rush for obtaining more for more pain but less cost
@SmallSpoonBrigadeАй бұрын
@@andmos1001 Yes, there's a difference between something slowly aging over time, versus something that was damaged in a way that could have resulted in a complete loss over the course of a few hours.
@SAVINGEZRA2 ай бұрын
I had no idea it was originally red-ish. I can see why locals didn’t like it. But now we can’t imagine the Paris skyline without it
@chrism37842 ай бұрын
yep, the eiffel tower to paris is like the pyramids to egypt
@rwboa222 ай бұрын
The red kinda reminded them of the bloodshed brought on by the capture of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War, plus the 1871 Paris Commune, which they attempted to bring back the Montagnard-like dictatorship of the First Republic under the Committee of Public Safety.
@anthonyblue1002 ай бұрын
Eiffel designed the framework for the Statue of Liberty not the statue itself, which was by Bartholdi.
@ULHIS2 ай бұрын
'Like a giant Lego set' Me: Meccano set🙄
@RobinDS-m1g2 ай бұрын
definitely pure Meccano. no question.
@tooleyheadbang42392 ай бұрын
@@RobinDS-m1g It has NO resemblence to Lego whatsoever!
@NateVDZ2 ай бұрын
Most people don't know what Meccano is... but everyone knows Lego.
@ULHIS2 ай бұрын
@@NateVDZ who doesn't know what Meccano is? They literally make the very Eiffel Tower collectors set.
@jonathandb912 ай бұрын
@@ULHISI have no idea what the hell that is. Whereas I've been playing with Lego since i was 5
@panzrok87012 ай бұрын
Somehow everything in those old photos looks so much nicer than today.
@GeneralKenobi694202 ай бұрын
Paris has stopped being the stereotypical "city of love" 50 years ago. Nowadays it's a shhole filled with tourist traps and pickpockets
@IsraelistheJewsland2 ай бұрын
@@panzrok8701 because the muslims had not yet come
@--Re--2 ай бұрын
its because cities then were walkable and not car dependant
@bigbeefjoedaddy2 ай бұрын
Cause it was filled with french people and not flooded with criminal illegals and other groups of people that ruin everything
@panzrok87012 ай бұрын
@@--Re-- I mostly meant the architecture but wide roads for cars don't look good that's for sure.
@anakinskywalker41132 ай бұрын
$64 million is couch change for such a magnificent monument. It needs at least $200-$300 million.
@landonkirk54442 ай бұрын
Exactly, they’re talking like it needs 5B or some wild number. 64 million? The French government can rummage around their sewers to find that sum
@SanchoPanza-wg5xf2 ай бұрын
The equivalent price of $64 million in a two year span would not be REMOTELY achievable with today's health and safety rules, union labour, permits, subcontracting, liability insurance, and D.E.I. hiring practices. It'd be quoted at $1.5 billion for completion in 5 years, and would end up cost $3 billion to be completed in 10 years.
@pear77772 ай бұрын
The engineering of all these structures are simply beautiful
@bramharms722 ай бұрын
Seems like we'll be watching the second part of this collaboration on Plainly Difficult.
@peejay19812 ай бұрын
Lol!!!🤣🤣
@martin-vv9lf2 ай бұрын
they should scrap it, it can't be expected to last indefinitely. use the worth of the recycled iron towards the cost of another monument if there's interest.
@corl41472 ай бұрын
9:20 this is when the actual video begins
@vincentgrinn26652 ай бұрын
rust must be pretty bad, since theyve done this repainting 20 times now, every 7 years ish currently
@jorgevillavicencio4272 ай бұрын
Exactly! I find this whole thing very fishy. I've seen many other videos presenting the practically constant maintenance work done to the structure. Same with the Golden Gate bridge. And that one has salinity to contend with, the Eiffel Tower is nowhere near salt water.
@darkbozo112 ай бұрын
@@jorgevillavicencio427 can it be due to the increased pollution in the air? might not be salinity to content with but the air has a lot more nasty stuff in it than the air around the golden gate (I am making a assumption here, can be wrong)
@jorgevillavicencio4272 ай бұрын
@@darkbozo11 very valid observation, indeed. Something I had not taken into consideration before. I lived in coastal cities my entire life, going on 65, and I've seen what salinity can do, not just to structures, even simple household items. Thanks for your input.
@vincentgrinn26652 ай бұрын
@@jorgevillavicencio427 that could be because the golden gate bridge is made from steel, where as the eiffel tower is made from wrought iron
@jorgevillavicencio4272 ай бұрын
@@vincentgrinn2665 now, why didn't I think of that? 😂 Another great observation, thank you.
@latinsb4u2 ай бұрын
From what I read, the tower's seven layers of paint are stripped off to give a mustard color, which is why it is taking longer. Many of the iron parts can be replaced if needed. After all, it brings a lot of revenue and is also a symbol, not just a city but a nation. I doubt they will let it fall apart completely. Is normal to have faults. Every structure has an expiration date
@eduardoatillo52872 ай бұрын
Painting over rust is a serious problem
@rwboa222 ай бұрын
Also negligent. The only way to do things properly is to go to the bare metal.
@SmallSpoonBrigadeАй бұрын
Yes, you have to get and keep the moisture out of the iron or it will continue to rust over time the way that cast iron pans will do if you don't maintain the seasoning. Once the rust and moisture is out, then you can hopefully seal it with something that can keep the moisture from getting to it again. At that point, it mostly comes down to whatever damage is being done by vibration and just natural processes over time.
@kendv42992 ай бұрын
The parisians can work miracles when they set their minds to it. They are completing the total restoration of The Cathedral of Notre Dame after the fire a few years ago.
@joe187502 ай бұрын
Lol! WW1, WW2, the Panama Canal and the War in Indochina have entered the chat.
@jordymustdie2 ай бұрын
Remove this trash
@ChairmanMeow12 ай бұрын
$64M seems like nothing compared to the tourism it generates
@safebox362 ай бұрын
If you want to see what the Eiffel Tower might have looked like in its day, look to the Tokyo Tower whose design is based on the original plans along with its red colouration.
@RH18122 ай бұрын
If Eiffel visited today, he’d be happy it’s still there. Surely?
@enisra_bowman2 ай бұрын
given how hard he battled that it would not be dismantled, yes but i would more likely know what he said about the Stuff the Eiffage builds today and how far they come
@crazyguy_12332 ай бұрын
He would be happy it still exists but probably sad that it’s not being cared for as much as it should be.
@Lv-nq9qz2 ай бұрын
He would probably be stunned it was still there, especially considering how modern buildings are built with a fraction of the material they used to be built with. As an engineer, he would probably be coming up with ways to make the structure thinner and lighter
@1marcelfilmsАй бұрын
@@Lv-nq9qz Its already getting thinner and lighter
@Steve-q6l4v7 күн бұрын
He would say jeez, nothing better than that old piece of crap yet?
@markjohnston26752 ай бұрын
They need to worry about saving France and all of Europe.
@BenjaminDelmas-v1o2 ай бұрын
Fun fact: they use different colors for the paint so its color look more the same between parts that are on the sun and the ones in the shadow
@sharoncherry2 ай бұрын
A beautiful structure! I was in it last year and it was so inspiring. The country needs to do all it can to maintain it!
@kylekallin10102 ай бұрын
You mean to tell me that thing is falling apart and y'all let my Celine Dion hang out the side of it
@philrabe9102 ай бұрын
They continuously paint the Golden Gate bridge. Start at one end, go to the end, rinse and repeat. Small crew, endless work.
@dragon_nammi2 ай бұрын
One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
@eugenieponleve6672 ай бұрын
Same for the Eiffel tower
@gryff84002 ай бұрын
5:40 tower does sway in wind and has been closed in high winds. It also bends approx. 18 cm from the sun's heating.
@Sausketo2 ай бұрын
Crazy how it only cost $37 million to build, but its gonna cost $64 million to re-paint
@jz92012 ай бұрын
How much do you pay today for a persons work? That make a big different. If you build some thing like that, you can paint most of it on the ground. Now.....
@Lv-nq9qz2 ай бұрын
Wow, 37 million in the 1880's was like, more than most countries GDPs
@Sausketo2 ай бұрын
@@Lv-nq9qz it cost $37 million in todays money
@jcdf24 күн бұрын
Labour costs more now than in the past.
@1258-Eckhart2 ай бұрын
Paris without the tower is unimaginable. Surely all the bright sparks in the metallurgy departments of the universities can be challenged to invent an effective and affordable iron treatment to arrest the advance of rust? Paint seems so hopeless. BTW the main enemy is not rain or frost but the ultraviolet rays from the sun.
@Willheheckaslike-d4h2 ай бұрын
Given that the structure is made from wrought iron, a ferrous metal that does not corrode easily, the rust issue is perhaps being overstated?
@desanipt2 ай бұрын
3:30 This is the wrong Bridge. Eiffel design the D. Maria II train bridge in Porto a kilometre upstream. The one shown in the video is the D. Luís Bridge that was not designed by Eiffel (although his offfice participated, and lost, in the international competition for the building of it).
@GigaProjectsYT2 ай бұрын
One of the few monuments in Europe that still stuns me!
@chicobicalho56212 ай бұрын
You should take a peak at the Segovia aqueduct.
@jonathanlandau-litewski74052 ай бұрын
Doesn't sound like you've travelled much of Europe if that's the case!
@JustBuyTheWaywardsRealms2 ай бұрын
Paris is no good as a true frenchman I can confirm you that the country side have a lot more thing to offer than are better for the mind.(xd)
@jonathanlandau-litewski74052 ай бұрын
@@JustBuyTheWaywardsRealms that's how I feel about abouts a man from Edinburgh. Sure it's beautiful but it's not the 'real' Sdotland. Besides, we're slowly but surely turning into Disney-esque theme park vibes.
@schelfie19862 ай бұрын
One massive mistake: The Porto Viaduct (or Luis I bridge) was no design of Eiffel, he only made a proposal that was shot down by the city. The bridge was designed by Théophile Seyrig (granted a disciple of Eiffel) and build by a Belgian company, the "Société Anonyme de Construction et des Ateliers de Willebroeck".
@oooPardo2 ай бұрын
Maria Pia bridge, a bit upstream, was the one directed by Eiffel. Its a pretty common mistake to be fair
@schelfie19862 ай бұрын
@@oooPardo So it is. Those 2 look quite alike. But on the clip I saw the Luis I bridge, no?
@oooPardo2 ай бұрын
@@schelfie1986 yes! that is Luis I indeed. Maria Pia doesnt have the lower level, easier way to tell them apart in a glance
@quoniam4262 ай бұрын
It's not the parisian general populace who hated it, it was the artistical and intellectual elites, mostly who dissed the project.
@Arado_Missile2 ай бұрын
So much for making fun of a giant metal ding dong when the art you intellectuals praise now is just shit looking scribbles of nothing on a canvas or even a banana taped to a wall that have no meaning to them
@Lv-nq9qz2 ай бұрын
That's how it always is, the original WTC was praised by the critics until it was actually built, and then they hated it. It took 20 years to finally become accepted as a symbol of NYC
@Madfattdeeb2 ай бұрын
It almost brought me to tears thinking that one of the most beautiful things we have ever built may not be there some day. Even after all these years, it is empressive to behold. I hope they understand this and find a way to save it.
@Enhancedlies2 ай бұрын
how is that anything more than pocket money in relation to its impact?
@sc13382 ай бұрын
Yes, it’s really not much at all
@Otacon_Magoo2 ай бұрын
As someone who appreciates historical structures, I would love to see the Eiffel Tower survive. I hope that by some research into locating a strong and rust resistant metal, Eiffel's engineering marvel can be upgraded and be a fusion of old and new engineering innovation.
@hazzard_destroyer2 ай бұрын
The Eiffel Tower is such an iconic structure I’m surprised the government is not doing everything they can to protect it and keep it from being damaged
@1marcelfilmsАй бұрын
Dont care until its too late thats government work
@Xerdoz2 ай бұрын
Now it's surrounded by enrichment barriers.
@purpurina56632 ай бұрын
I for one find it very beautiful. There is something timeless about the design. I think it looks modern but subtle, and blending in perfectly with the older, classical buildings of Paris. Look at La Defense now -looks quite passée to my eye. I hope the tower can be saved. $64 million is not much really.
@cesarT9212 ай бұрын
0:59 "in he WORLDT" should be in a tshirt 👕
@1marcelfilmsАй бұрын
AI voice fail
@ironhornforge2 ай бұрын
It's wrought iron, it's not going to rott anytime soon even if it was never painted it would still be standing. Wrought iron is very different to steel
@LizziesLukasАй бұрын
Eiffel Tower is the first time I realized that you need to actually be there to understand to size of a building... I mostly saw the image or video of this tower from movies, social media, the news and it looks small until you come to see it in real life... it's massive
@TheOtherSteel2 ай бұрын
Puddle iron. Also known as wrought iron.
@cod-the-creator2 ай бұрын
"It cost today's equivalent of $37m to build." "It costs $64m today to paint." H U H ?
@quentin.aventure2 ай бұрын
You know nothing about inflation and economy, don't you ?
@HELLO76572 ай бұрын
@@quentin.aventure The 37m already is "inflation adjusted", the numbers just doesn't make much sense.
@DonoVideoProductions2 ай бұрын
@@HELLO7657$37 million is what it cost to build THEN, in today's dollars, NOT what it would cost to build today. It would cost far, far more to build today...and they did not quote that number.
@DonoVideoProductions2 ай бұрын
@@GobrinDesuka And how do you know the adjustment was "ill calculated?"
@DonoVideoProductions2 ай бұрын
@@GobrinDesuka It's a simple concept. But, whatever leaves you at peace.
@Del350K42 ай бұрын
Built to "an accuracy of a tenth of a millimetre" is a vague statement at best, and a misleading one at worst. I was a steel erector in the 1990s, and we didn't carry feeler gauges up thete. We had tape measures.
@raytrevor12 ай бұрын
Yes, it seems very unlikely.
@chrism37842 ай бұрын
maybe he meant the pieces at the factory were made with that much precision? By the time they went up the tower doubt that much precision applied. By the time the four columns meet every tiny movement between the ground each leg stood on would mean a few cm by the time it reached that high
@tooleyheadbang42392 ай бұрын
@@chrism3784 Doesn't it have hydraulic adjustment of the legs, to deal with that?
@chrism37842 ай бұрын
@@tooleyheadbang4239 hydraulics in the late 1800s? I'd assume no. Who knows now
@flamingfrancis2 ай бұрын
There is also a significant technological difference between IRON that was cast / riveted in the 1880's and STEEL that was rolled / cut / welded around a century later?
@OrganMusicYT2 ай бұрын
Think how its smaller cousin has fared since 1894. Blackpool Tower is right next to the Irish Sea. It has constantly been sandblasted, subject to salt water spray, rain, and strong winds. It has been treated with the same paint as the Forth Road Bridge, but even that still takes a pummelling from the sand blowing up from the shore.
@koukigr2 ай бұрын
7:53 The Greeks want their (critique) word back.
@bernardogoncalves8252 ай бұрын
I can't believe such a massive symbol of Paris and France altogether has gone into such disrepair. It's a world icon, you can't see it without thinking of France! I'd be devastated if it were demolished.
@chrism37842 ай бұрын
they are to cheap to shut it down and give the proper care it needs, they would lose $$$$ and have to spend some. They shut the washington monument down for a bit to repair after the earthquake caused pieces to fall a few years back meaning till pieces start falling, it remains open
@OlivierBL2 ай бұрын
64M? *Montreal's Olympic Stadium has left the chat*
@buckodonnghaile43092 ай бұрын
The Big Uh Oh
@YgalSharon2 ай бұрын
The Eiffel is a classical masterpiece of human thinking. Incredible maths at play!
@pablopicaro76492 ай бұрын
Build a NEW ONE, if it can be done 130 years ago it is utter simplicity today
@MrRotaryrockets2 ай бұрын
In 1972 I got to see the old girl but due to maintenance work we only got to the second level wonderful to see it.
@COMEINTOMYWORLD2 ай бұрын
I wonder what the costs would be to knock it down and rebuilt it again like the Battersea Power Station chimneys but more complicated. Surely it's iconic status means a second rebuild is worth it.
@xJuiCYxxJaYx2 ай бұрын
13.4 billion is what it's made in money. Should be able to fix it with the income it's generated since 1889
@PWF-xh4ph2 ай бұрын
All that money has been squandered, thrown into the giant pit that is France's social security system and bad financial management. 7.5 trillion dollars in debt. Not many people know that. The country in the EU with the highest debt burden.
@MattSitton2 ай бұрын
I wonder why they don't use some kind of anode based protection system
@peejay19812 ай бұрын
The Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia has the same issues, but it's still in good condition since it is adequately maintained. (and is 60 years newer)
@flamingfrancis2 ай бұрын
Sydney Harbour Bridge was made from a STEEL structure, all imported from England. The ET is made from a variant of Iron.
@apnira102 ай бұрын
Isn’t it 43 years younger? 1932 v 1889
@moltenlava18772 ай бұрын
French in 1889 : ✨💪🗿🗼 2024 : 🤡🤦🏟️
@maplemiles33812 ай бұрын
2024: 💰💰💰💰 🇨🇵🥇 If your implying the Olympics in Paris was a failure than you're 100% factually in the wrong
@jamesdoyle54052 ай бұрын
The 19th and early 20th century exhibitions gave us enduring monuments such as the buildings in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and Balboa Park in San Diego. For as long as it lasted the Crystal Palace in London. The Victorian era placed an emphasis on beauty.
@Sweatequitychampion2 ай бұрын
They spent 1.4B to get the river ready for the olympics, which failed so shouldn't be too hard to find 64M for an actual cause.
@luckygame87182 ай бұрын
Pas échoué, elle est plus propre et restera plus propre mais effectivement ce n'est pas encore suffisant.
@khenricx2 ай бұрын
It wasn't for the Olympic, it was a project started long ago with a new water system to better handle waste water when it's raining. The Olympics were just used as a pretext to get better funding and a deadline. And while the Seine is still not as clean as we want it to be, it's still a lot cleaner than before.
@maplemiles33812 ай бұрын
@Sweatequitychampion The Olympics that were held in Paris was a success and those games were amazing. Beijing 2022 was a failure plus Paris made record ticket sales.
@dennis237613 күн бұрын
So much history that the Eiffel Tower has been part of and to think of that is wild.Thank you.
@ejohnson31312 ай бұрын
When a B1M video starts with “The Eiffel Towah is in Danjah”, you know it’s going to be good!
@markynio2 ай бұрын
I might say that sometimes I'm more attracted to the accent than the topic LOL
@PanSkrzetuski2 ай бұрын
Having been to the Eiffel Tower a couple times (most recently last Thursday) I can note that it is genuinely underrated.
@mrb53942 ай бұрын
64m is nothing, they just spent 1.5b to clean a river for 1 swim. and well they havent cleaned it very well.
@TonyTomas012 ай бұрын
For 1 swim? Do you have a source for that? 😂
@DonoVideoProductions2 ай бұрын
@@TonyTomas01Yes. It was a single swimming event during the Olympics: the swimming leg of the Triathlon.
@TonyTomas012 ай бұрын
@@DonoVideoProductions You’re wrong. This project (which isn’t finish yet btw) is for ecological concerns, depollute the river. It has been going on for years now. Not for one swim. Also when the project will be completed (late 2025 at minimum), everyone will be able to swim in it.
@DonoVideoProductions2 ай бұрын
@@TonyTomas01 Of course, that was how they finally sold it. But they had done nothing for years...until they decided to compete for the olympics. Nothing sells politicians on civic renewal like good PR. It'll be interesting to see if they keep going, or let it go like Beijing did with the nest.
@TonyTomas012 ай бұрын
@@DonoVideoProductions That’s weird cause they’ve been on the project since the 90’s (Jacques Chirac, former French president was mayor of Paris back then). I didn’t know that in the 90’s Paris was already on list for the 2024 Olympics.
@cmendoza10942 ай бұрын
It was NEVER meant to be permanent
@bscottb8Ай бұрын
It was a world's fair novelty which exceeded its expiration date. I wouldn't miss it.
@Secretlyanothername2 ай бұрын
They seem lazy about preventing rust
@sultanofswing71982 ай бұрын
They’re French that pace is with haste for them.
@johndoe-cd9vt2 ай бұрын
@@sultanofswing7198 ridiculous, we take care of the tower
@LarsTheOctopus2 ай бұрын
Most of France’s infrastructure is maintained by cheapskates. When the infrastructure starts failing or the government decides it is “too expensive to maintain”, it is sold to a private company that gets the subsidies and cheap out even more, but keeps the profit. This happened to our railroad, our highways, this would likely happen to the tower soonish.
@johndoe-cd9vt2 ай бұрын
@@LarsTheOctopus Stop posting false messages about Paris. You are talking about the most visited city in the world and also one of the oldest cities on earth, if the conditions were that bad, the monuments of the city would not exist anymore.
@TonyTomas012 ай бұрын
@@LarsTheOctopusbro you don’t know shit about the tower and France what are you even talking about? 😂
@koharumi12 ай бұрын
Got the opportunity to go up the tower. There was a long queue to get into the lifts to go up the tower, which is expected. But inside the tower, there were long queues to *get out!!* And the lifts could only hold like 10-20 people at a time! You spent ages waiting in line for those lifts...
@SmithyScotland2 ай бұрын
If the Forth Bridge can be successfully repaired then so can the Eiffel Tower. Forth Bridge now only has to b repainted every 25 years.
@danteeightsix2 ай бұрын
I visited Paris in 2012. I found it odd to find out how many Parisians actually don't like Tour Montparnasse, but the Eiffel Tower was the foundation for Montparnasse to be built. I found both stuctures to be compliments of one another, plus Grande Arche de La Defense. They also align with one another being landmarks for 3 different times of Parisian architectural history.
@Ardioss1Ай бұрын
Most Europeans don't really like skyscrapers. We even have laws prohibiting them from exceeding a certain height, for ecological and aesthetic reasons.
@pawnzrtasty2 ай бұрын
Let the corporation that owns the lights and who copyright strikes any night image of the tower restore it.
@cyberpunk.3862 ай бұрын
Painting the Eiffel Tower is like painting the Sydney Harbour Bridge…and we've been painting our coat hanger since 1932.
@RamblingRodeo2 ай бұрын
The world and Paris/France wouldnt be the same without the Eiffel Tower! All should be done to ensure that it is maintained, no excuses.... These types of monuments, define our greatest of history, it is a World Heritage!
@Sausketo2 ай бұрын
They should break the bank and make it out of titanium so it never rusts again
@ynotw572 ай бұрын
To think the tower was hated at first then grown to be loved…very much a parallel to the WTC 1 building.
@WasFakestCenturyAesthetics2 ай бұрын
The Eiffel Tower nearly doubled the height of the world's previous tallest structure (the Washington Monument) with 1/8 the weight, heralding a worldwide revolution in metal construction. All WTC1 did was fill a hole left by actually iconic structures.
@thefancydoge86682 ай бұрын
The twin towers would be a better comparison, they were hated when they were first built then grew on people. They also were the tallest buildings at their time if completion
@SomeOneFromOFS2 ай бұрын
What makes it actually beautiful is how the city has created this amazing environment around it to make it a central piece. If it were a tower among other buildings and towers, it would not be half as special.
@BruneSixtine2 ай бұрын
There are layers upon layers of paints and rust into it. Now the work requires to remove the layers of old paints, treat the rust, and repaint with lead free material. It doesn't cost much, but it takes a lot of time, and the tower will have to close at least partially during the renovation. The mayor of Paris is responsible for this, it should have been done a long time ago already.
@harry1307472 ай бұрын
Stopping all that lead paint from wafting about as it was removed would be some trick.
@iadorexyou2 ай бұрын
I was in Paris earlier this year and got to see the Eiffel Tower for the first time. I completely underestimated the size of it! It's incredible.
@MichaelBabich2 ай бұрын
What a terrible video. It says "race to save the Eiffel Tower" and instead most of the video is history of the tower. Terrible clickbate.
@Oblaci17d2 ай бұрын
God forbid you give context/background about the topic you're talking about.
@georgebowen39252 ай бұрын
As a young adventurer to Paris in 1973, I have always had a great fondness for Tower Le Eiffel ❤
@johnmaxwell40722 ай бұрын
There used to be a restaurant in the tower, but in the 1980’s it was dismantled, piece by piece, and sold to a developer in New Orleans, who re-assembled it in the “Garden District “ on St Charles Avenue. It lasted on a couple of years and then became a bar/club, and that didn’t last long either. Staying vacant for a few more years it finally re-emerged as a wedding and banquet venue. “Le Tour de Eiffel” ….
@harry1307472 ай бұрын
London Bridge complete was sold to Lake Havasu City in the USA where it now resides in the desert.
@crazyguy_12332 ай бұрын
It’s an icon. I’m sure it could easily get the funding for a full restoration including rust removal and new paint to protect it. Notre Dame was able to get funding easily. I’d argue the Eiffel Tower is even more iconic so funding should be just as easy if not easier.
@Altaree12 ай бұрын
I heard that the Paris Olympic medals each contain a sliver of the tower. I wonder where those came from? Did they also replace some of the girders?
@Cin0so2 ай бұрын
Exactly
@kleckerklotz96202 ай бұрын
Certainly remelted, formerly rusted abrasion. I wouldn't mind that in my gold medal.
@markterryl2 ай бұрын
those iron pieces are from the modernized elevator, they remove some metal to install modern elevator did not affect the structure what so ever, its rusting plain and simple 😂😂😂
@luigiisgreen2 ай бұрын
had this playing in the background and thought I was hearing Scrooge McDuck when Gordon Masterton started talking lol. Its a pretty good voice
@DotADBX2 ай бұрын
The biggest issue with keeping up with the corrosion on this structure is its design box beams and the excessive amount of cross beams make sand blasting old lead coating off and re-coating difficult and less likely to be able to access areas that may have higher levels of corrosion. Sadly, the only real way to fix this structure would be to take it apart and then repair every beam and recoat with a non leaded coating, then rebuild it or completely replace the structure. There is a 3rd option, which is to encapsulate the entire structure so you can significantly reduce the corrosion process however then you are going to be looking at a massive Glass structure with the tower inside of it which might be a bit unsightly for the locals
@billfred94112 ай бұрын
Thats actually crazy to think how long the pyramids held the title of largest man-made structure. A combination of genius engineering and manpower that no one would even want to try and match.