The Washington Monument By Nicholas Andrews Period D

Base of Monument Construction started in 1848 but stopped during 1854 -1877 The first 152 feet was the base and where the project left off The bottom of the Monument is more of pure white then tan because it was made of one type of granite with no changes in form (like adding aluminum). In this picture you can see the two color differences

Top of Monument The top consists of 403 feet of stone It is said that to lighten the top there is aluminum, and that would explain why the top of the Monument is darker. looking down from top of Monument

Size of Monument The monument is made of marble, granite bluestone gneiss the monument is both the world's tallest stone structure and the world's tallest obelisk {(1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a stone pillar having a square or rectangular cross section and sides that taper towards a pyramidal top, often used as a monument in ancient Egypt) direct quote} It is 555 feet 5 1/8 inches

History The construction stopped because lack of funds and the American civil war Built in honor of George Washington (first president) The Know-Nothing group took over and stole granite that was needed which paused the construction also

Annotated Biblograpghy http: //upload. wikimedia. org/wikipedia/commons/c/c 1/Washington_Monument_D usk_Jan_2006. jpg -picture http: //www. thefreedictionary. com/obelisk - the defenition of the word obelisk http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Washington_Monument - facts http: //www. aviewoncities. com/washingtonmonument. htm - facts