Astoria Column Dome

by Aaron Berg

Title

Astoria Column Dome

Artist

Aaron Berg

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Photograph - Photography

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Taken from inside the Astoria Column looking through the top of the Dome.

A COLUMN OF FACTS
� Patterned after Trajan's Column, Rome, Italy
� Constructed of: Concrete
� Depth of foundation: 12 feet
� Elevation, Coxcomb Hill: 600 feet
� Height: 125 feet
� Number of steps: 164
� Number of cartoons: 12
� Number of brown figures: 200
� Length of artwork, unwound: 500+ feet
� Decoration at top: State seal of Oregon
� Completed in 1926
� Dedicated July 22, 1926
� Original cost: $27,133.96
� Weather repair: 1936
� Friends formed: 1988
� Column restoration: $1 million 1995
� Plaza restoration & lighting: $2 million 2004

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May 11th, 2014

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