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WASHINGTON MONUMENT, Washington, D. Ở.
On an elevation near the Potomac River.
An obelisk, 555
feet in height, 55 feet square at base; walls, 15 feet thick at
Facing is of
pure-white Maryland marble; interior backing, New England
granite; foundation, of rock and cement, 36 feet deep, 126
entrance, tapering to 18 inches at top of shaft.
feet square.
Interior elevator carries passengers tO
Tallest structure of masonry in the
a point near
world.
top.
Corner stone laid in 1848; monument completed in 1885; cost
Photographed (across the lake) for literature
$1,300,000.0 0.
of Draughon's Practical
Business
Colleges:
Washington,
Raleigh, Atlanta, Nashville, Little Rock, St. Louis, Kansas
City, Dallas, and other cities-31 Colleges in 17 States.
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