Data:
GPS Coordinates: 48.85828, 2.29451
Phone A/C: +33 1 83 (I think)
Postal Code: 75007
Access by train/transit:
SNCF
Commuter Rail
Metro Champ de Mars- Tour Eiffel station is the closest
The Scoop:
IMHO, one of, if not, the most beautiful structures designed by man.
There are well over 50 replicas of the Eiffel Tower around the world, some
are accurate copies, while others take a little liberty in their
interpretation. In whatever case, there are probably more copies of
the Eiffel tower than any other man made structure.
Acknowledgements:
Photographers as noted
Open Railway Map
Google
If you want to make your own copy of the Eiffel Tower, you can start off
with the drawing below. I took one of the above drawings and imported
it into Corel Draw, then scaled a ruler to the dimensions on the drawing
until they matched, and used the result to measure everything with.
They should be pretty accurate for the most part. Most of the above
drawings have 129.4m (409.6ft) as the width of the base, but that is over
the concrete footings - not the actual base of the tower.
Disclaimers:
I love trains, and I love signals. I am not an expert. My webpages reflect what I find on the topic of the page. This is something I have fun with while
trying to help others.
Please Note: Since the main focus of my two websites is railroad signals, the railfan guides are oriented towards the signal fan being able to locate them.
For those of you into the modeling aspect of our hobby, my
indexa page has a list of almost everything railroad oriented
I can think of to provide you with at least a few pictures to help you detail your pike.
If this is a railfan page, every effort has been made to make sure that the information contained on this map and in this railfan guide is correct. Once in a while,
an error may creep in :-)
My philosophy: Pictures and maps are worth a thousand words, especially for railfanning. Text descriptions only get you so far, especially if you get lost or
disoriented. Take along good maps.... a GPS is OK to get somewhere, but maps are still better if you get lost! I belong to AAA, which allows you to get
local maps for free when you visit the local branches. ADC puts out a nice series of county maps for the Washington DC area, but their state maps do not have the
railroads on them. If you can find em, I like the National Geographic map book of the U.S..... good, clear, and concise graphics, and they do a really good job
of showing you where tourist type attractions are, although they too lack the railroads. Other notes about specific areas will show up on that page if known.
Aerial shots were taken from either Google or Bing Maps as noted. Screen captures are made
with Snagit, a Techsmith product... a great tool if you have never used it!
By the way, floobydust is a term I picked up 30-40 years ago from a National Semiconductor data book, and means miscellaneous
and/or other stuff.
Pictures and additional information is always needed if anyone feels inclined to take 'em, send 'em, and share 'em, or if you have something to add or correct.... credit
is always given! Please be NICE!!! Contact info is here
Beware: If used as a source, ANYTHING from Wikipedia must be treated as being possibly being inaccurate, wrong, or not true.