WhenAlexandreGustaveEiffelcompleted the designandcommencedconstruction of the tower inParis which was to bear hisname, a lot ofloudprotests were heardfromnearly every quarter.
In 1889, French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel officially marked the completion of the Paris tower that bears his name by unfurling the French tri-color atop the Eiffel Tower.