WASHINGTON (AP) - Government surveyors have determined a new height for the Washington ... The new measurement puts the monument at 554 feet, 7 and eleven-thirty-seconds of an inch, as measured ...

The Washington Monument (Babylonian obelisk ... is "555 feet and 5 1/8 inches tall. It is 55 feet wide at the base." That's 6,665 1/8 inches in height, with a base measuring 660 inches wide.

or about 30 feet (9 meters) shy of the height of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., will zoom past Earth early Wednesday morning — though it does not appear to pose any threat.

In July 1827, residents of Boonsboro, Maryland, built the majority of the Washington Monument in just one day ... at the South Mountain site. Twelve feet from the tower’s base, the townspeople ...

The Washington Monument, completed in 1884, stands at 555 feet tall and was the tallest structure in the world from 1884 to 1889 before it was overtaken in height by the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

The Washington Monument, completed in 1884, stands at 555 feet tall and was the tallest structure in the world from 1884 to 1889 before it was overtaken in height by the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

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WASHINGTON (AP) – Government surveyors have determined a new height for the Washington ... The new measurement puts the monument at 554 feet, 7 and eleven-thirty-seconds of an inch, as measured ...