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Download or read book Record History and Description of the Bennington Battle Monument, and the Ceremonies at the Laying of the Corner Stone, August 16th, 1887 (Classic Rep written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-17 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Record History and Description of the Bennington Battle Monument, and the Ceremonies at the Laying of the Corner Stone, August 16th, 1887 Sixteen feet below these large openings each side has a group of five narrow windows that really appear like So many narrow slits cut in the column, and again on each side is another similar opening or window above and three others still higher up. Near the base are also windows on each side. On the west a large oak door with bronze grills and trim mings gives entrance to the structure. Over the door is a lar e lintel 4 feet by 8 feet on which it is intended shall be carved he s of Generals Stark, Warner and Allen? The interior as you enter is 22 feet square. The floor is laid on top of the foundation struct ure and is made of North River flagging, 6 inches thick. A stair way leads upward into the shaft. This is laid in successive flights up three sides of the shaft and then on the fourth side there is a platform, the same arrangement being then repeated again and again until the upper part of the structure is reached. The sev eral platforms are lighted by openings in the wall on the south side and where the 5 windows have been noted as appearing there is a platform or floor of flagging on iron beams with brick arches across the whole interior space. On the level of the larger col umned opening there is another floor constituting the main outlook. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.