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United States Capitol Building (page 7 of 8)

Design drawing for the U.S. Capitol Building showing a section of capitol's cast iron dome and cupola pretty much as it was built. Original image courtesy of the Library of Congress's online Temples of Democracy exhibition. General image retouching by H.J.P.

Section through Dome and Rotunda
United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Ink and watercolor rendering by Thomas U. Walter, architect of the new capitol dome, in 1859.  Bequeathed to the Library of Congress by Ida Walter in 1915.  An offsite article from Robert O. Woods discusses the dome's construction history.
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