 | Henry Barnard - 1869 - 838 páginas
...constructed of wood, but was removed in 1856 to be replaced by the present stupendous structure of cast-iron, which was completed in 1865. The entire weight of iron used is 8,009,200 pounds. The main building is three hundred and fifty-two feet four inches long in front and... | |
 | David Nelson Camp - 1869 - 844 páginas
...constructed of wood, but was removed in 1850 to be replaced by the present stupendous structure of cast-iron, which was completed in 1865. The entire weight of iron used is 8,009,200 pounds. The main building is three hundred and fifty-two feet four inches long in front and... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1871 - 146 páginas
...Cockeysville, Maryland. The dome of the original central building was constructed of wood, but was removed in 1856 to be replaced by the present stupendous structure...completed in 1865. The entire weight of iron used is 8,009,200 pounds. The main building is three hundred and fifty-two feet four inches long in front and... | |
 | 1871 - 704 páginas
...Cockeysville, Maryland. The dome of the original central building was constructed of wood, but was removed in 1856 to be replaced by the present stupendous structure...completed in 1865. The entire weight of iron used is 8,009,200 pounds. The main building is three hundred and fifty-two feet four inches long in front and... | |
 | 1881 - 560 páginas
...officiating as orator of the day. Thomas u. Walter was architect, and subsequently Edward Clark, under whose direction the work was completed in November, 1867....inches deep, with a portico one hundred and sixty fee* wide, of twenty-four columns on the east, and a projection of eighty-three feet on the west, embracing... | |
 | 1884 - 442 páginas
...Cockeysville, Maryland. The dome of the original central building was constructed of wood, but was removed in 1856 to be replaced by the present stupendous structure...8,909,200 pounds. The main building is three hundred and fifty -two feet four inches long in front and one hundred and twenty-one feet six inches deep, with... | |
 | Laura D. Nichols - 1886 - 314 páginas
...of wood, but was removed in 1856, to be replaced by the present stupendous structure of cast-iron, which was completed in 1865. The entire weight of...long in front, and one hundred and twenty-one feet and six inches deep, with a portico one hundred and sixty feet wide, of twenty-four columns on the... | |
 | 1890 - 584 páginas
...constructed of wood, covered with copper. This was replaced in 1856 by the present structure of cast-iron. It was completed in 1865. The entire weight of iron used is 8,909,200 pounds. The dome is crowned by a bronze statue of Freedom, which is nineteen feet six inches high, and weighs 14,985... | |
 | 1892 - 552 páginas
...Cockeysville, Md. The dome of the original central building was constructed of wood, but was removed in 1856 to be replaced by the present stupendous structure...iron used is 8,909,200 pounds. The main building is 352 feet 4 inches long in front and 121 feet 6 inches deep, with a portico 160 feet wide, of 24 columns... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1896 - 352 páginas
...constructed of wood, covered with copper. This was replaced in 1856 by the present structure of cast iron. It was completed in 1865. The entire weight of iron used is 8,909,200 pounds. The dome is crowned by a bronze statue of Freedom, which is 19 feet 6 inches high and weighs 14,985 pounds.... | |
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DOME. The dome of the original central building was constructed of wood, covered with copper. This was replaced in 1856 by the present structure of cast iron. It was completed in 1865. 
