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a bunch of facts about the place.” He read the list to
the others.
Facts about your destination:
Admission: free
Thickness of walls at the bottom: 18 inches
How many steps: 897
Estimated number of visitors per year: 500,000
Robert mills designed the structure
Obelisk height: 555 feet
Fastest known ascent time: 6.7 minutes
Opened: 1888
Update on damage from earthquake: closed on
august 2011
Regulated by: smithsonian institute
Cost to build: $1,187,710
Observation deck via stairs or elevator
Under foundation length: 36 feet
Number of blocks: 36,491
Thickness at top of the shaft: 18 inches
Reason for structure: display of gratitude
Year construction started: 1848, year completed 1884
Code Busters’ Solution found on pp. 155.
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