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The incomplete Washington Monument
當首都逐漸成長時,華盛頓紀念碑都還沒完工

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華盛頓紀念碑 (Washington Monument) 於1884年12月6日興建完成了

「華盛頓國家紀念碑協會」 (Washington National Monument Association) 在1848年美國獨立紀念日時,放下第一塊基石。整個紀念碑直到36年後才完工。但是當這個方尖碑蓋到156英尺高的時候,協會卻沒有足夠的支持與經費。於是這個紀念碑只好暫時停工,並且有20年的時間沒有繼續建造。最後,到了1876年,格蘭特總統才下令美國陸軍工程師兵團要完成這個紀念碑的建造。當紀念碑完成後,就成為全世界最高的紀念碑。這個由36000塊花崗石與大理石所堆砌起來的紀念碑是世界上最高的獨立石造結構。不過,其實還有更多細節呢。

The Washington National Monument Society laid the monument's cornerstone on Independence Day, 1848, 36 years before completion. But when the obelisk was a height of about 156 feet, the Society lost support and funding. The monument stood incomplete and untouched for 20 years. Finally, in 1876, President Ulysses S. Grant authorized the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to finish the project. When fully constructed, it was the world's tallest structure. Today, the approximately 36,000-stacked blocks of granite and marble compose the world's tallest freestanding masonry structure. But there's even more trivia to top that!

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