The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., dedicated to George Washington, was completed on Dec. 6, 1884, after nearly four decades of construction.

On this day in 1884, a team of construction workers placed a 3,300-pound marble capstone on the Washington Monument and topped it off with a nine-inch pyramid of cast aluminum.

The Washington Monument is shrinking — sort of. The new, official height of the iconic marble obelisk announced on Monday puts the iconic structure at 554 feet, 7 and 11/32 inches — almost 10 ...

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setting the capstone; the washington monument fin- ished at last. the american flag floating 600 feet above the ground, fifty feet above the top of the obelisk.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. ─ The long expected completion of the Washington monument obelisk, was accompanied this afternoon by setting in place the marble capstone and its pyramidal apex of aluminum ...

Explore The long, twisting history of Dayton's giant Main Street monument. Pvt. George Washington Fair, a Dayton-born bricklayer and carpenter who stood 6 feet tall and weighed 200 pounds, filled ...

Washington Monument completed, Dec. 6, 1884. By Andrew Glass 12/06/2011 04:51 AM EST. On this day in 1884, a team of construction workers placed a 3,300-pound marble capstone on the Washington ...