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Summary
In album: Engineering projects directed by Montgomery Meigs, Washington, D.C. ca. 1852-ca. 1860, p. 147, no. 256.
Inscription: Details of western stairway. North wing. Principal story.
"Scale one inch to a foot."
No. 764.
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Date
01/01/1857
Contributors
Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect
Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892, engineer
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
Source
Library of Congress
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