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For a World Exhibition in 1889, and to showcase how steel and iron could be used to erect tall buildings.

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The Eiffel Tower was designed by Gustave Eiffel. It was to be the entrance of the 1889 World's Fair. It was also to celebrate the centennial of the French Revolution.

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