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05-12-2014, 02:26 AM
The Washington Monument Is Finally Reopening, Mashable Got a Sneak Peek Inside
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – It’s been nearly three years since a 5.8-magnitude earthquake rattled through Washington, D.C., structurally damaging the iconic Washington Monument. It reopens on Monday to the public, marking a complete restoration of the world’s tallest stone structure and an iconic piece of architectureMashable was one of the first publications to get a look inside.
See also: The March on Washington in Photos: Then and **w (http://mashable.com/2013/08/24/march-on-washington-photos/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Weighing 81,120 tons and standing 555 feet tall over the U.S. capital, there were approximately 665 linear feet of *****s to the granite and marble structure, 14,185 linear feet of repointing mortar joints, 132 dutchman repairs and hundreds of mortar *****es that required repairing. According to the U.S. National Park Service (http://www.nps.gov/index.htm), if you combined the total length of all the *****s caused by the earthquake, they would be 500 feet long — one ***** alone was 4 feet long. In total, there are approximately 9,040 exterior stones and 10,746 interior stones Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/11/washington-monument/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – It’s been nearly three years since a 5.8-magnitude earthquake rattled through Washington, D.C., structurally damaging the iconic Washington Monument. It reopens on Monday to the public, marking a complete restoration of the world’s tallest stone structure and an iconic piece of architectureMashable was one of the first publications to get a look inside.
See also: The March on Washington in Photos: Then and **w (http://mashable.com/2013/08/24/march-on-washington-photos/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Weighing 81,120 tons and standing 555 feet tall over the U.S. capital, there were approximately 665 linear feet of *****s to the granite and marble structure, 14,185 linear feet of repointing mortar joints, 132 dutchman repairs and hundreds of mortar *****es that required repairing. According to the U.S. National Park Service (http://www.nps.gov/index.htm), if you combined the total length of all the *****s caused by the earthquake, they would be 500 feet long — one ***** alone was 4 feet long. In total, there are approximately 9,040 exterior stones and 10,746 interior stones Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/11/washington-monument/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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