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Street. Ac-tually the base of the monument is exactlvat the same height, in relation to the streetlevels, as it was before. The old dirt paths were casual; in the newSquare the paths are paved and they radiatein a regular design, their grades broken atintervals by steps. They are outlined, as is… … Timber braces for the steel piles and steel tierods toresist vertical component of thrust precedent, since any building placed beneatha public park is likely to have to support somestatuary. Union Squares Dewey Monument isa 350-ton granite shaft topped by a figureof Victory. It was erected in 1903,…
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