The stranger's illustrated pocket guide to Philadelphia, embracing a description of the principal objects of interest in and around the city, with directions how to reach them . t square at base, and springing on iron trusses of delicate and grace-ful design to an apex 96 feet above the pavement,—the exact elevationof the interior of the old Capitol rotunda. The transept, the intersec-tion of which with the nave forms this pavilion, is 416 feet long. Oneach side of it is another of the same length and 100 feet in width, withaisles of 48 feet each. Longitudinally, the divisions of the interior
The stranger's illustrated pocket guide to Philadelphia, embracing a description of the principal objects of interest in and around the city, with directions how to reach them . t square at base, and springing on iron trusses of delicate and grace-ful design to an apex 96 feet above the pavement,—the exact elevationof the interior of the old Capitol rotunda. The transept, the intersec-tion of which with the nave forms this pavilion, is 416 feet long. Oneach side of it is another of the same length and 100 feet in width, withaisles of 48 feet each. Longitudinally, the divisions of the interior cor-respond with these transverse lines. A nave 120 feet wide and 1832 feetlong—said to be unique for combined length and width—is accom-panied by two side avenues 100 feet wide, and as many aisles 48 feetwide. An exterior aisle 24 feet wide, and as many high to a half-roof orclere-story, passes round the whole building except where interruptedby the main entrances in the centres of the sides and ends, and a numberof minor ones between. The iron columns supporting the roof number,in all, 672. A breadth of 30 feet is left to the main promenades along and athwart, 3*. CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION 31 of 15 feet to the principal ones on either side, and of 10 feet to all theothers. Four miles of water- and drainage-pipe underlie the 21^ acres of plankfloor in this building. The pillars and trusses contain 3600 tons of cost of the building was $1,600,000. Leaving the Main Building at its west end, we pass to MachineryHall, little smaller than itsneighbor, it being 1402 feetlong by 360 feet wide, cover-ing an area of 14 acres. Themain cornice is 40 feet in heightupon the outside; the interiorheight being 70 feet in the twomain longitudinal avenues and40 feet in the one central andtwo side aisles. The avenuesare each 90 feet in width, andthe aisles 60, with a space of15 feet for free passage in theformer and 10 in the transept 90 feet broad crossesthe main building in
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