. Guide to Washington . There are seventeen spacious exhibition halls within the building,and one hundred and thirty-four rooms for other purposes. It is now the general dispository of all geological and industrialcollections of the Government, and is rapidly becoming one of thegreatest and most attractive museums in the world. Already thecollections are interesting and instructive, and their fame is spread-ing over the countr}-. THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. This monument, which has been called the worlds greatestcenotaph is on the reservation south of the Treasury, and is an obe-lisk 555 feet hig
. Guide to Washington . There are seventeen spacious exhibition halls within the building,and one hundred and thirty-four rooms for other purposes. It is now the general dispository of all geological and industrialcollections of the Government, and is rapidly becoming one of thegreatest and most attractive museums in the world. Already thecollections are interesting and instructive, and their fame is spread-ing over the countr}-. THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. This monument, which has been called the worlds greatestcenotaph is on the reservation south of the Treasury, and is an obe-lisk 555 feet high. The foundation of the shaft is eighty feet square,and it is set in solid rock thirty-six feet below the surface of the lower portion is constructed of blue granite faced with largecrystal marble, and the upper portion is entirely of white inner surface is ornamented at intervals with memorial stones presented by the States and Cities of the United States, by ForeignCountries and by associations o
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