Keim's illustrated hand-bookWashington and its environs: a descriptive and historical hand-book of the capital of the United States of America . 307 J ft. Total heightabove low tide in the Potomac, 397 ft. Diameter, 135^ ft. The Dome rests on an octagonal base or stylobate, 93 the basement floor, and as it leaves the top lino of thebuilding consists of st peristole, 124 ft. in diameter, of 36 ironfluted columns, 27 ft. high, and weighing 6 tons each. Abovethis is a balustrade. From the entablature of the peristyleto the attic is 44 ft. Above the balustrade begins the domi-cal covering
Keim's illustrated hand-bookWashington and its environs: a descriptive and historical hand-book of the capital of the United States of America . 307 J ft. Total heightabove low tide in the Potomac, 397 ft. Diameter, 135^ ft. The Dome rests on an octagonal base or stylobate, 93 the basement floor, and as it leaves the top lino of thebuilding consists of st peristole, 124 ft. in diameter, of 36 ironfluted columns, 27 ft. high, and weighing 6 tons each. Abovethis is a balustrade. From the entablature of the peristyleto the attic is 44 ft. Above the balustrade begins the domi-cal covering. The apex is surmounted by a lantern, 15 ft. in 54 THE DOME diameter and 50 ft. high, sunomuknl by a peristyle, andcrowned by tlie bronze Statue of Freedom. Just below thelantern is a balustrade around the crowning platform. Theouter domical shell is pierced with glazed openings for theadmissioii of light. In the lantern is a reflecting lamjo, lightedby electricity, and used only when either or both Houses ofCongress are sitting at night. This light is visible from allparts of the Statue of Freedom, by Crawford, 1865, which sur-. STATUi; OF FKEKDOM. .- CERES (PEACK) P. 66 MARS (WAR) P. 66 mounts the lantern of the Dome represents in bronze thefigure of a female, right hand resting on the hilt of asheathed sword, the left hand on a shield and holding anolive wreath. The helmet crest is an eagle beak withplumes. The drapery is gathered about the waist b abrooch bearing the letters U. S. The statue is 19^ ft. high :weighs, 14,985 lbs. ; cast 1864-5 at Clark Mills foundrBladensburg, near Washington; cost, $23,736 ; stands upona bronze globe with an encircling zone, bearing the wordsE Pluribus Unum, which forms the cap of the dome. The weight of iron in the superstructure of the Dome is 8,009,200 lbs. (3,575 J4tons). This rests on a substruction of masonry, and 40 interior massive stonecolumns supporting \^ groined arches, upon which also rests xk^^ pavementof the Ro
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