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. Philadelphia and its environs . AGRICULTURAL BUILDING. 15 acres of space. We can here become learned in the biography of everything a machinecan create, from an iron-clad to a penknife or a pocket-handkerchief. In the centre of theimmense hall stands the demiurgos of this nest of Titans, an engine of 1400 horse-power, andthe largest hitherto known. Following Belmont Avenue, the Appian Way of the Centennial, to the northwest, we. HORTICULTURAL HALL. penetrate a mob of edifices, fountains, restaurants, government offices, etc., and reach theAgricultural Building,—the palace of the farmer. The
. Philadelphia and its environs . AGRICULTURAL BUILDING. 15 acres of space. We can here become learned in the biography of everything a machinecan create, from an iron-clad to a penknife or a pocket-handkerchief. In the centre of theimmense hall stands the demiurgos of this nest of Titans, an engine of 1400 horse-power, andthe largest hitherto known. Following Belmont Avenue, the Appian Way of the Centennial, to the northwest, we. HORTICULTURAL HALL. penetrate a mob of edifices, fountains, restaurants, government offices, etc., and reach theAgricultural Building,—the palace of the farmer. The building is worthy of a Centennialagricultural fair: 540 by 820 feet, with 10} acres under roof, it equals the halls of a dozenState cattle-shows. The style is Gothic, the three transepts looking like those of as manycathedrals. The nave is 125 feet wide, with an elevation of 75 feet. The materials of this 8S PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS.
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