The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . PART OV BRITISH SECTION. height of 40 feet and each terminating In a dome. The archwaysof these lower towers culminate in a groined dome, over which isthe first floor of the main tower. An ornamental balcony sur-rounds this story. Its principal decorations being the shields of theStates of the Union and the coats-of-arms of the South AmericanStates. The tower at this point narrows to a diameter of 24 feet,and upon the next floor is placed the mechanism of the great 104 TRIPOD GRIFFIN JARDINIKRE. * xhibit by Edwin Bennett Pntterv
The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . PART OV BRITISH SECTION. height of 40 feet and each terminating In a dome. The archwaysof these lower towers culminate in a groined dome, over which isthe first floor of the main tower. An ornamental balcony sur-rounds this story. Its principal decorations being the shields of theStates of the Union and the coats-of-arms of the South AmericanStates. The tower at this point narrows to a diameter of 24 feet,and upon the next floor is placed the mechanism of the great 104 TRIPOD GRIFFIN JARDINIKRE. * xhibit by Edwin Bennett Pntterv Co. clock, whose dials,70 feet above thefloor, mark thehours of dayand night. Thesedials are in tliefourth story andare seven feetin diameter. Thefifth story is around towerwhose arches support a dome 20feet in this story isplaced a melo-dious chime ofbells, furnished bythe Clinton e n e e 1 y Com-pany, of Troy, Upon themain floor of thebuilding-, and un-der the very cen-tre of the archesof the tower,stands an obeHskmade of silver half-dollars, souvenircoins, made ex-actly in the modelofthe noted monu-ment at Washing-ton, D. C. Thiscolumn of silver«s o n f o( t h t-.
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