Eiffel Tower grew by six meters on Tuesday after engineers hoisted a new communications antenna at the very top of France’s most iconic landmark.
3月15日,工程師們在法國最具代表性的地標建筑埃菲爾鐵塔頂部安裝了一個新的通信天線,使其高度增加了6米。
The tower, built by Gustave Eiffel in the late 19th century, now measures 330 meters after the DAB+ (digital audio) antenna was airlifted onto its peak by helicopter under a leaden sky.
埃菲爾鐵塔由古斯塔夫•埃菲爾在19世紀末建造。在灰蒙蒙的天空下,一段數(shù)字音頻天線被直升機空運到塔頂,埃菲爾鐵塔增高至330米。
Eiffel Tower was 312 meters (1,024 feet) high when it was inaugurated on March 31, 1889.
1889年3月31日,埃菲爾鐵塔落成時高312米。
It has, however, also been used for broadcast transmissions for more than 100 years, with the height of its pinnacle changing numerous times as aging antennas were replaced.
然而,100多年來,埃菲爾鐵塔也被用于廣播傳輸,隨著老化天線的更換,它的巔峰高度發(fā)生了多次變化。