Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1918 — Dimensions of Capitol. [ARTICLE]

Dimensions of Capitol.

The entire length of the capltol building at Washington from north to south is 751 feet 4 inches, and its greatest width from east to west is 350 feet. The area covered by the building is 153,112 square feet The dome is of cast iron; its height above the base line of the east front is 287 feet 5 inches; the diameter of its base is 135 feet 5 inches. The bronze statue of Freedom on the top of the dome is 19 feet 6 inches high and weighs 14,985 pounds. The rotunda is 96 feet 6 Inches in diameter and its height from the floor to the top of the cancpy 180 feet 3 inches.