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    Lantern Slide 17: The Washington Monument and Agriculture Building in 1876. [Image 5 of 20]

    Lantern Slide 17: The Washington Monument and Agriculture Building in 1876.

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    02.17.2021

    Photo by Morgan Aronson 

    US Naval Observatory Library

    Lantern Slide 17: The Washington Monument and Agriculture Building in 1876. The ponds near the base of the Monument were formed when the Washington Canal was filled and B Street, the present day Constitution Avenue, because a road of sorts. The cornerstone of the Monument was laid July 4, 1848. It had reached 174 feet when funds ran out and the Civil War was in progress. Construction commenced again in 1876. The Agricultrue Building was built in 1868.

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    Date Taken: 02.17.2021
    Date Posted: 02.18.2021 12:45
    Photo ID: 6524035
    VIRIN: 210217-O-OB437-418
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    Lantern Slide 12: Old Chain Bridge about 1861.
    Lantern Slide 28: The culvert carrying Massachusetts Avenue over Rock Creek, 1908.
    Lantern Slide 20: Capstone and aluminum tip of the Washington Monument.
    Lantern Slide 17: The Washington Monument and Agriculture Building in 1876.
    Lantern Slide 11: The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station.
    Lantern Slide 15: The Long Bridge in 1865.
    Lantern Slide 16: Aqueduct Bridge and the C & O Canal, 1867.
    Lantern Slide 13: Cattle on the Washington Monument grounds in 1863.
    Lantern Slide 24: View of the 14th Street bridge area from the Washington Monument.
    Lantern Slide 19: Capstone and aluminum tip of the Washington Monument.
    Lantern Slide 18: Dedication of the Washington Monument February 21, 1885.
    Lantern Slide 27: Preparing for construction of the reflecting pool in about 1920.
    Lantern Slide 23: A view of Washington City from Georgetown.
    Lantern Slide 26: The Mall and the Capitol in 1890.
    Lantern Slide 30: Virginia Avenue and Foggy Bottom after 1903.
    Lantern Slide 29: Virginia Avenue and Foggy Bottom.
    Lantern Slide 14: The State Department at the center and the Treasury at the left.
    Lantern Slide 21: A drawing of Washington in the late 1800s.
    Lantern Slide 22: A drawing of Washington in the late 1800s.

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