Washington National Monument: Document View
| Title: | Washington Monument, Washington, D. C. |
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Document Information
Bibliographic Metadata
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| Title: | Washington Monument, Washington, D. C. |
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| Archive: | George Mason University |
| Collection name: | Professor Lytton Post Card Collection |
| Document location: | Washington Monument Post Card Collection |
| Publication location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Publisher: | B. S. Reynolds Co. |
Descriptive Metadata
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| Description: | at Washington is a stupendous shaft of granite, 555 feet 5 1-3 inches in height. It is 55 feet square at the base, 34 feet at the top, and terminates in a pyramid of pure aluminum. The foundation of rock and cement is 36 feet deep, 125 feet square. The cornerstone was laid 1848, the Monument was finished in 1885. It is the highest work of masonry in the world. |
| Subjects: | The Washington National Monument |
Technical Metadata
| Date scanned: | 02/01/2007 |
| Person scanning: | Pim van den Assum |
| Date converted: | 02/01/2007 |
| Person converting: | Pim van den Assum |
| Scanner used: | HP scanjet 8290 |
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