The sky is the limit: the Eiffel Tower "backs up" by six meters

A new digital radio antenna was placed on top of the well-known tourist site in France and "raised" further the summit of the tower.

The new antenna was brought to the top of the building with the help of a helicopter and connected to the Eiffel, which lasted less than 10 minutes, was broadcast live

Reuters

15/03/2022

Tuesday, 15 March 2022, 13:30 Updated: 14:24

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In the video: Adding an antenna to the Eiffel Tower (Photo: Reuters)

The height of the Eiffel Tower "climbed" today by six meters, after a new digital radio antenna was attached to the top of the well-known tourist site in Paris.

The tower now reaches, with the new addition, a height of 330 meters.

This, after the DAB + (digital audio) antenna was raised to its summit by helicopter.

The Eiffel Tower has been used for more than 100 years to broadcast content of various kinds in France.

The peak of the summit of the tower changed many times with the replacement of the antennas at the top, as these became old.

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A helicopter takes off to the Eiffel Tower to install the new antenna (Photo: Reuters)

The television showed live the helicopter carrying the antenna to the edge of the Eiffel, where workers connected the antenna to the tower body in an operation that lasted less than 10 minutes.

The Eiffel was built by Gustav Eiffel in the late 19th century.

During its construction, the tower bypassed the Washington Monument in the United States, and became the tallest man-made structure in the world, a title he held for four decades - until the Chrysler Building in New York bypassed it in 1929.

According to TripAdvisor, the Eiffel Tower is among the most visited sites in the world.

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