The classic proportions were ten feet in height for every foot in width ... In the past 50 years the Washington Monument has settled two inches. (It weighs 80,000 tons.) In a 30-mile-per-hour ...

The Washington Monument is 555 feet tall. The blade arc low point would be 198 feet from the ground. A 300-megawatt wind plant could generate enough energy to power 90,000 homes a day. The company ...

tower will soar over Washington, surpassing in height (because of its hilltop location) the 555-ft. Washington National Monument. The tower will enclose the world’s most awesome bell chorus—a ...