| Show eiffel tower modernized into television structure back bacic in iest SO alexander gustave ta eiffel built the famous tower which bears his name for the international lonal exposition in parts paris it was then regarded as a mere engineering stunt sober engineers declared it was faultily built and predicted it would be razed today states a writer in the washington post important as a meteorological and nd wireless station and guide tor for airmen it still towers above paris A short time ago trance added to its ita usefulness by malting it a station for the broadcast of television programs an interlaced ironwork structure the raffel tower reaches a height of csc feet the many visitors who ascend by stairway and elevator to the circular balcony surrounding the glass pavilion which tops the tower cn can see 65 miles on clear dam |