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Stones for building and decoration (1910)

Merrill, George P. · John Wiley & Sons, Chapman & Hall, Ltd., · leaf 86

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iladelphia; State capitol, Augusta, Me.; Emory Block,Portland, Me.; Odd Fellows Memorial Hall, Equitable Build-* ing, and part of the old Quincy Market, Boston; LudlowStreet Jail, the Tribune Building, and the old Tombs Prison,New York City; the statues of the Pilgrims Monument atPlymouth, Mass.;… … GRANITES AND GNEISSES. 65 tomb, New Orleans. The statues on the Pilgrims Monumentare said to be the largest granite figures in America. Thestanding figure is 38 feet in height, while the four in sittingposture are each fifteen feet in height. A granite quite similar to that described above is…

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