. Book of the Royal blue . ENIR.\NCE THE INTERIOR OF THE NEW UNION STATION AT WASHINGTON. THE INTERIOR OF THE NEW UNION STATION AT WASHINGTON The general waiting-room is one ofthe tinest in the world. It is two hun-dred and twenty feet long, one hundredand thirty feet wide and co\ered by aRoman barrel vault, ninety feet high,decorated with sunken coffers mpanels. The light during the day istransmitted through a at the east end, seventy-fi\ cfeet in diameter, and by five semi-circular windows, thirty feet in diam-eter, on the north side and three onthe south side. In the tick
. Book of the Royal blue . ENIR.\NCE THE INTERIOR OF THE NEW UNION STATION AT WASHINGTON. THE INTERIOR OF THE NEW UNION STATION AT WASHINGTON The general waiting-room is one ofthe tinest in the world. It is two hun-dred and twenty feet long, one hundredand thirty feet wide and co\ered by aRoman barrel vault, ninety feet high,decorated with sunken coffers mpanels. The light during the day istransmitted through a at the east end, seventy-fi\ cfeet in diameter, and by five semi-circular windows, thirty feet in diam-eter, on the north side and three onthe south side. In the ticket lobb\the light is admitted through the night the light is obtained b\electric reflection from powerful arclights hidden in the upper alco\esover the vestibules on the north amisouth sides, the light being thrownagainst the great expanse of ceilingand reflected throughout the room,producing a very soft effect, whilethe lights themselves are lighting scheme is effected by aseries of inverted arc lamps with cor-rugated mirror reflectors, whichthrow the light to
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