Identifier: encyclopaediabri03kell (find matches)
Title: The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Kellogg, D. O. (Day Otis), 1796-1874 Baynes, T. Spencer (Thomas Spencer), 1823-1887 Smith, W. Robertson (William Robertson), 1846-1894
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Werner
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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columns of which are each a singleblock of fine Italian marble. Baltimofe has several splen- Moimdid monuments, which have acquired for it the name **of the Monumental City. The largest of these, erectedto the memory of Washington, stands on an eminence of150 feet, and has/with its base, an altitude of 200 feet.It is of white marble; the base is 60 feet square, and 24feet in height, surmounted by a Doric column 25 feet indiameter at the base, with a spiral staircase i n its interior, andon the summit is a statue of Washington, 13 feet high.The Battle Monument, also of white marble, was erectedby public subscription in 1815, to the memoiy of thosewho had fallen in defence of the city in the previous year.It is 62 feet high ; the base is of Egyptian architectore ;.the column is in the form of a bundle of Roman fasce.s, nponthe bands of which are inscribed the names of those whomit commemorates; and the whole is surmounted by afemale figure, the emblematical genius of tho city. The city
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m, C B A L - B A L 299 13 supplied with water from Lake Roland, an artificiallake about 8 miles north of the city, of a capacity of000,000,000 gallons, ard from three other reservoirs, withan aggreg-atc storage capacity of about 5iS0,000,000 gallons,the common source of supply being Joness Falls. Thereare also numerous public springs and fountains throughoutthe town. Baltimore has a number of parks and publicsquares, chief of which ig Druid Hill Park, a tract of 700icres on the extreme north-west of the city, possessingmore natural beauties than any other in the United States.The manufactures and commerce of Baltimore are veryextensive and flourishing. There is scarcely a branch ofindustry that is not prosecuted to some extent in the cityor its vicinity. Among these are shipbuilding, iron andcopper works, woollen and cotton manufactures, pottery,sugar-refining, petroleum-refining, distilling, saddlery, agri-cultural implement-making, cabinet-making, tanning, &c.In the vicinity of

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