US Capitol Dome - Washington, D.C.

OE stands for Open Edition Print 

Ornament: 4" Diameter 1/8" Thick PVC

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The United States Capitol dome in Washington, D.C. is 288 feet in height and 96 feet in diameter. The dome was designed by Thomas U. Wlater, the fourth architect of the capitol, and constructed between 1855 and 1866 at a cost of $1,047,291. The dome is not stone, but cast iron carefully painted to appear to be made of the same stone as the main capitol building. It is actually two domes, one inside the other, and the total weight is 14.1 million pounds.