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THK i;iFFEL TOWER, PARIS : THE TAELEST STRUCTURE IN THE WORLD 



Although built for show for the exposition of 1889, when no man even dreamed that 

 it would ever be useful in war. it has become one of the chief wireless stations of the earth. 

 It is 984 feet high and its base covers 2^ miles. Fror-- here wireless messages are sent to 

 Petrograd. 



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