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MUSEUM OF HISTORY IN GRANITE
How a Granite Museum-Wall TM is Built

Each Granite Museum-Wall
is
one hundred feet long and designed by structural engineers
to endure four
thousand years. There are no guarantees, only time will tell.
1,960 cubic feet of 3,000 psi concrete are poured
over 5945 pounds of knitted steel installed in a three-foot deep trench.
The monument is faced with 60 panels of Missouri Red granite, each weighing
477 pounds, and two triangular granite end pieces each weighing 351 pounds.
Historic text, names and family panels, are
engraved deep in granite.
Drawings are engraved by
hand with diamond stylus by the few experts in this
esoteric profession.
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WEIGHT OF MONUMENTS YEAR
2008 |
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Pounds |
Kilos |
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CONCRETE |
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290,080 |
131,855 |
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STEEL(REBAR) |
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5,945 |
2,702 |
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FITTINGS |
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625 |
284 |
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MISC:Stainlessnuts,bolts,washers,joiners,etc. |
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100 |
45 |
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GRANITE |
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29,320 |
13,327 |
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ONE_MONUMENT |
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326,070 |
148,214 |
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HISTORY OF HUMANITY |
8 monuments (4 of 100 ft and 4 of 67 ft) |
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2,173,801 |
988,091 |
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Weight of other 8
monuments |
2,608,561 |
1,185,709 |
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TOTAL_WEIGHT OF_16_MONUMENTS IN_YEAR_2008 |
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4,782,361 |
2,173,801 |
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OF_WHICH_GRANITE |
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430,027 |
195,467 |
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GRANITE_PANELS |
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Rectangular |
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880 |
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Triangular |
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32 |
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TOTAL |
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912 |
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ESTIMATED_TIME_TO_READ
PRESENTLY_ENGRAVED_312_PANELS |
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5 Hours |
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Est.Time to read 912 panels |
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15 Hours |
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"Anything_worth_doing_cannot_be_accomplished_in_one_lifetime" Reinhold_Niehbur |
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