A Eurocopter Ecureuil 2 helicopter installs a brand new telecom transmission TDF (TeleDiffusion de France) antenna on the highest of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. (AP Picture/Francois Mori)
PARIS --
The Eiffel Tower grew by six metres (practically 20 toes) on Tuesday after engineers hoisted a brand new communications antenna on the very high of France's most iconic landmark.
Vacationers watched from the Trocadero esplanade as the brand new digital radio antenna was helicoptered up. With the brand new antenna, the Eiffel Tower grew from 324 metres (1,063 toes) tall to 330 metres (1,083 toes).
The Eiffel Tower firm's president, Jean-Francois Martins, instructed The Related Press that scientific progress is an integral a part of the Iron Woman's 133-year historical past.
"It is a historic second this morning, as a result of the Eiffel Tower is getting increased, which isn't so frequent," he stated.
"From the invention of the radio at first of the twentieth century to proper now, many years after many years, the Eiffel Tower has been a associate for all of the radio know-how," Martins stated.
The Eiffel Tower was 312 metres (1,024 toes) excessive when it was inaugurated on March 31, 1889.
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