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The book-delivery system at the Congressional Library, Washington / drawn by G.W. Peters, Washington, D.C.

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The book-delivery system at the Congressional Library, Washington / drawn by G.W. Peters, Washington, D.C.

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Summary

Four illustrations showing: the distributing desk in the center of the rotunda; book-stack elevator; underground book trolley running from the Library to the Capitol; and sending and receiving station to the underground trolley.
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 41, 1897 Aug. 14, p. 804.

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01/01/1897

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Location

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687

Google Map of 38.9071923, -77.03687070000001

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Library of Congress

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