:Eiffel Tower (Paris, Texas)
{{short description|Landmark in the city of París, Texas}}
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|caption = Eiffel Tower
|start_date = 1993
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|building_type = tourist attraction
|location = Paris, France
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Texas's Eiffel Tower is a landmark in the city of Paris, Texas. The tower was constructed in 1993. It is a scale model of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France; at 65 feet in height, it is roughly one-sixteenth of the height of the original.{{cite web |last=Van Luling |first=Todd |title=The Most Legit Eiffel Tower Replicas You Didn’t Know Existed |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/28/replicas-eiffel-tower_n_3721294.html |date=August 19, 2013 |publisher=The Huffington Post |accessdate=April 24, 2016 |archive-date=April 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413201032/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/28/replicas-eiffel-tower_n_3721294.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Breal|first=Jordan|title=Trip Guide: Paris, Texas|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/texas-trip-guides/trip-guide-paris-texas/|date=January 16, 2014|publisher=Texas Monthly|accessdate=April 24, 2016}}
Background
This replica was built in 1993, the same year as another one in the United States, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Tennessee. Original plans made the construction five feet taller than the one in Tennessee and a cowboy hat added to the top, in a competitive spirit, made the total height 65 feet.
Description
It was built by members of the local welders’ union. A shiny red cowboy hat was added to the top of the spindle in 1998. The tower has 27 thirty-watt LED lights which are programmed by color according to season (red and green at Christmas), and is also available for expectant parents to utilize the lights for gender reveals.
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External links
{{Commons category|Eiffel Tower (Paris, Texas)}}
- [https://www.eiffel-tower.tours/ Eiffel Tower Paris Tickets]
Category:Towers completed in 1993
Category:Replicas and derivatives of the Eiffel Tower
Category:Buildings and structures in Lamar County, Texas