2,500,000 rivets!
On the Eiffel Tower, 2.5 million rivets hold together 12,000 metallic pieces. Some of the pieces were assembled at the workshop in Levallois-Perret then transported to the Tower to be mounted. The legendary technique for posing the rivets is the monument’s trademark, as with all metallic structures. The rivets were heat-mounted by a team of four riveters: one to heat the rivet, a second to hold it in place, a third to form the head, and the last to lock it in place with a sledge hammer. This method also helped guarantee the most effective and rapid assembly possible of the Tower, which was built in record time: 2 years, 2 months and 5 days.
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