Washington Monument

English: The Washington Monument is a monument to U.S. President George Washington located in Washington, DC.

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Washington Monument 

obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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Instance of	obelisk National Memorial of the United States tourist attraction
Named after	George Washington
Dedicated to	George Washington
Commemorates	George Washington
Made from material	marble (wall, memorial stone) gneiss (wall, foundation) sandstone (memorial stone) soapstone (memorial stone) granite (wall, memorial stone) jadeite (memorial stone) concrete (foundation) aluminium (apex, power cable, stairs) limestone (memorial stone) catlinite (memorial stone) copper (memorial stone, power cable) petrified wood (memorial stone) cast iron (stairs) wrought iron (stairs) steel (stairs)
Genre	public art
Located in protected area	National Mall
Location	National Mall, Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
Street address	2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024
Architectural style	Egyptian Revival architecture
Published in	New International Encyclopedia
Architect	Robert Mills (1845–1854) Thomas Lincoln Casey, Sr. (1876–1884) United States Army Corps of Engineers (1876–1884)
Creator	Robert Mills
Has use	monument observation tower
Owned by	National Park Service
Operator	National Park Service
Heritage designation	National Register of Historic Places listed place (A, C, B, Washington Monument, NRHP structure, 1966–) Historic Civil Engineering Landmark (1981–) District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites (1964–)
Inception	1848
Date of official opening	1886
Significant event	start of manufacturing (1848) foundation stone laying ceremony (1848) end of manufacturing (1854) start of manufacturing (continuation, 1878) foundation stone laying ceremony (1880) end of manufacturing (keystone, 1884) dedication (1885)
Mass	80,378 ton
Height	169.046 ±0.001 m (2014, architectural height)
Different from	Washington Monument
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38° 53′ 22.11″ N, 77° 02′ 06.88″ W
Authority file  Q178114 VIAF ID: 3377147907528379210003 GND ID: 1118740246 Library of Congress authority ID: sh86000926 U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10645426 BabelNet ID: 00080530n National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007541425505171 Structurae structure ID: 20000087 NRHP reference number: 66000035 CTBUH Skyscraper Center building ID: 13977 OpenStreetMap way ID: 766761337 LoC HABS/HAER/HALS place ID: dc0261 Mapy.cz ID: osm&id=1086686152 Reasonator Scholia Wikidocumentaries KML file WikiShootMe OpenStreetMap Search depicted

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  Security enhancements under construction at the monument grounds in 2004
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  Peace rally, March 15, 2003
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  Looking up at night
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  circa 1860
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  Washington Monument seen from the Jefferson Memorial at dusk
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  Vertical Look at Washington Monument
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  During a snow storm
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  Seen in black & white
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  View from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial
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  The Deseret Stone is one of 193 Commemorative Stones installed during the monument's construction.
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  Washington Monument and Smithsonian Castle at Sunset
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  A photo taken during the Apollo 11 50th anniversary show of the Apollo 11 rocket projected on the Washington Monument in Washington, DC on July 20, 2019
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  A projection on the Washington Monument in Washington, DC showing the first footprint on the moon. Projected 50 years to the minute after Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon
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  An image of Apollo 11, projected on the Washington Monument for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch

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