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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photograph by Keystone View Company 



man's highest tower 



Like a great steel finger pointing toward heaven, the Eiffel Tower is to be seen from 

 almost every point in Paris ; but this view, through the doors of the Trocadero, is most 

 attractive. The height of this structure is just under a thousand feet, and of the several 

 platforms the highest, where 800 people may gather, is 905 feet above the street. Above this 

 there is a balcony, from which, on a clear day, one may see more than fifty miles. At the 

 very top is a meteorological observatory and a wireless station. 



