Spotting the Mysterious Chimney of the Eiffel Tower

Need to.zoom in…
A crenelated round structure resemble a medieval turret.

Soo Interestingly the turret is older than the Eiffel Tower! The red-brick structure was built in 1887 when the foundations of the tower were being laid.

The tower is in fact a smoking factory chimney. It’s the only vestige of the tower’s enormous building site.

Building of the Eiffel Tower the steam-engines generated so much smoke that an evacuation system was put in place. The steam was drawn through a ventilation duct that led to our present-day chimney.

Soo what about the Chimney today?
Well, the interesting part is that the chimney is still in use today!
and used occasionally to evacuate the smoke produced by the power generators.

It’s very well hidden, my photo isn’t great but boy it’s been fun discovering this 137 years surprise…

[Diana]

Fabulous capture and such an interesting narrative.

[Brian]

Love this and the narrative.

[winghong_ho]

Interesting.

[Valerie Chesney]

I zoomed & was amazed to see this chimney!
Thanks for the interesting info!

[Oli Lindenskov]

Nice pic😊

[Susan Wakely]

Interesting to see.

[Dione Giorgio]

Great pov. Very interesting narrative.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Cool shot.

[Christine Sztukowski]

Lovely capture

[Kate]

The tower is just peeking thru the bushes

[Margaret Brown]

That is so interesting it’s amazing things you find!!

[KV]

Excellent narrative… interesting to know.

[Islandgirl]

Interesting info on the tower!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

That is very interesting- because no one really thinks about what the tower produces. I think most of us just assume it "stands there and looks pretty!" good shot.