The
Washington Monument Is
Finally Reopening, Mashable Got a
Sneak Peek Inside
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 architecture
Mashable was one of the first publications to get a look inside.
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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, 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
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