WI the French dismantle the Eiffel Tower

Have to replace it as a radio antenna tower. From the 1910s it was ready made place to hang antenna cables from. When my father toured i in 1945 he saw cables strung up all four legs.
 
Any ramifications to the French dismantling the Eiffel Tower in 1909, other than that we lose the Eiffel Tower?
I think the French used it to intercept key German radio transmissions during or before the battle of the Marne, can't remember where I heard it, but if true, well things could go better for Germany there. Almost certainly not enough to win the war outright in Fall of '14, but possibly allowing German success, at the Marne, or in the later Race to the Sea, enough to put Germany in a position where she could win WWI
 
Also, the Germans won't be using it for propaganda purposes when they take over France in 1940.
 
Coincidentally enough, this is what I was listening to when I discovered this thread.

Question: What was the "cultural status" of the Tower in 1909? My understanding is that, when it was first proposed in the 1880s, many commentators viewed it as an industrialistic eyesore. Was it still sufficiently "un-canonized" by 1909 that someone could propose ripping it down without much controversy?
 
Coincidentally enough, this is what I was listening to when I discovered this thread.

Question: What was the "cultural status" of the Tower in 1909? My understanding is that, when it was first proposed in the 1880s, many commentators viewed it as an industrialistic eyesore. Was it still sufficiently "un-canonized" by 1909 that someone could propose ripping it down without much controversy?

I believe it was still getting hundreds of thousands of tourists per year at this point.
 
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