The Exposition Universelle of 1889 was a World's Fair held in Paris, France from 6 May to 31 October 1889. It was held during the year of the 100th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille. The Exposition covered a total area of 0.96 km², including the Champ de Mars, the Trocadéro, the quai d'Orsay, a part of the Seine and the Invalides esplanade. Transport around the Exposition was partly provided by a 3 kilometre (1.9 mi) 600 millimetre (2 ft 0 in) gauge railway by Decauville. It was claimed that the railway carried 6,342,446 visitors in just six months of operation. The main symbol of the Fair was the Eiffel Tower, which was completed in 1889, and served as the entrance arch to the Fair. The tower was designed by Gustave Eiffel. An equally significant building constructed for the fair was the Galerie des machines, designed by architect Ferdinand Dutert and engineer Victor Contamin. At 111 meters, the Galerie (or "Machinery Hall") spanned the longest interior space in the world at the time. The exhibition will be famous for four distinctive features. In the first place, for its buildings, especially the Eiffel tower and the Machinery Hall; in the second place, for its Colonial Exhibition. It will be remembered for its great collection of war material and fourthly, for the "Negro villages" with its 400 "natives" constituted one of the main attractions. ------------------------- La Exposición Universal de París (1889) tuvo lugar en París, Francia del 6 de mayo al 31 de octubre de 1889. Fue celebrada en el centenario de la toma de la Bastilla, un acontecimiento tradicionalmente considerado como el símbolo del comienzo de la Revolución francesa. El símbolo principal de la Exposición Universal fue la Torre Eiffel, completada en 1889, y que servía como arco de entrada a la Feria. La Exposición cubrió un área total de 96 hectáreas, incluyendo el Campo de Marte (Champ de Mars), el Trocadéro, la estación de Orsay, una parte del Sena, y la explanada de los Inválidos (Hôtel des Invalides). Atracciones: Vista actual de la torre Eiffel. "Un pueblo Negro" (village nègre), una atracción donde fueron mostradas 400 personas indígenas, constituyó la atracción principal. William Stroudley, superintendente de las locomotoras de la London, Brighton and South Coast Railway mostraba una de sus locomotoras, y murió durante la exhibición. Buffalo Bill reclutó a la excelente tiradora americana Annie Oakley para unirse a su "Muestra del Salvaje Oeste", que mostró al público a lo largo de la Exposición.

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