Linden, Germany, 10,854 lbs. Lewiston, Me., 10,233 lbs. Rouen, France, 40,000 lbs. DIMENSIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL DOMES. LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL DOMES IN THE WORLD. Their diameter, and height from the ground. Tower Clock, Depot of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, at Communipaw.—Diameter of single dial, 14 feet 3 inches; minute hand is 7 feet long, weighs 40 pounds; hour hand is 5 feet long, weighs 28 pounds. The motive power is furnished by a weight of 700 pounds, hung from a 3-inch steel cable. Four-dial Clock, New York Produce Exchange.--Diameter of each dial, 12 feet 6 inches. Four-dial Clock, Chronicle Tower, San Francisco.- Diameter of each dial, 16 feet 6 inches; length of minute hands, 8 feet; length of hour hands, 5 feet 6 inches. The mechanism of the clock is 6 feet and 1 inch high, and weighs 3,000 pounds. HEIGHT OF SOME OF THE TALLEST BUILDINGS IN THE UNITED STATES. BUILDINGS IN NEW YORK CITY. Height from sidewalk : Washington Building-E. H. Kendall, architect—to top of roof, 168 feet. World Building-Geo. B. Post, architect-to top of roof, 194 feet; to top of tower, 309 feet. Times Building-Geo. B. Post, architect-to top of roof, 183 feet. Equitable Building-Geo. B. Post, architect-to top of roof, 142 feet; to top of tower, 170 feet. Union Trust Building-Geo B. Post, architect-to top of roof, 148 feet; to top of tower, 194 feet. Madison Square Garden-McKim, Mead & White, architectsto top of tower, 300 feet. BOSTON. Ames Building-Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, architects-to top of cornice, 186 feet. Chamber of Commerce-Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, architects— to top of main cornice, 93 feet; to top of tower, 172 feet 6 inches. PHILADELPHIA. New City Hall-John McArthur, Jr., architect-to top of tower, 537 feet 4 inches. CHICAGO. Masonic Temple-Burnham & Root, architects—to top of cornice, 234 feet 2 inches; to roof line, 278 feet 10 inches; to top of skylight, 303 feet. Woman's Temple-Burnham & Root, architects-to top of cornice, 141 feet; to ridge, 198 feet. Auditorium Building-Adler & Sullivan, architects-to cornice, 145 feet; to top of lantern, 270 feet. Allegheny County Court House, Pittsburgh-H. H. Richardson and Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, architects-to ridge, 128 feet; to top of finial, 319 feet. Masonic Building, Pittsburgh-Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, architects-to top of roof, 129 feet 6 inches. State Capitol, Hartford, Conn.-R. M. Upjohn, architect-to top of roof, 99 feet; to top of figure on dome, 256 feet. |