What was the point and purpose of building the eiffel tower?

Question: What was the point and purpose of building the eiffel tower!?

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It was designed, if not built by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel for some exhibition in 1889!. Today it is used for meteorology and broadcasting stations in addition to it's primary use as a lookout over Paris where it standsWww@QuestionHome@Com

The Eiffel tower was financed, designed, and the contruction was supervised by Gustov Eiffel for the Paris exposition!.Www@QuestionHome@Com