Thanks to G. Krug and Son Ironworks for sharing this neat shot from the ongoing restoration of the Washington Monument. Tons of brick and marble make up this 178-foot tall icon—all supported by the stone and brick arches down in the “basement.”
[Photo] Washington Monument’s “Basement”
Y ggg grandfather george thomas coutts sailed over from aberdeenshire scotland 1881 the same year angela coutts lost the rest of her inheritance she married a statesman william bartlett he grandfather cut the stone to the washington momument just before his passing