The Springdale news., 1889-11-01
SOME LARGE THINGS.
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 The largest suspension bridge in the world is the one between Brooklyn and New York. The length of the main span is ,5q5 ieet and inches. The entire length of the bridge is ,, 969 feet.
 Fortress Monroe is the largest single fortiicaiion in the world. 1t has al- ready cost the American Government oser $, GOO The water battery is considered one of the fiuest military works in the world.
 Tio. loftiess active volcasc is P0po- catarntl (smo5sing mountaia), thirty five miles southwest of Pueblos.Afexico- It is 1z,784 fees above the sea level, and has crater three miles in sircun- ference and 1000 feet deep.
 The largest university is that O. OK ford, England. Lt consists of twenty five colleges and five halls.
 The most extensive park is Deer Park, in the euviroas of Copenhagen, Denmark. The inclosure contains 1. 200 acres, and is divided by a small river The largest pleasure-grouud in Amer ica is Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. which contains 3,7+0 acres.
 The largest body of fresh water on the globe is Lal1o Superior. It is 100 miles long, l60 miles wide at it's great est breadth. and has an area of 32, GOO square miles. It's mean depth is said to be 200 feet, and it's greatest depth about 900 fathoms. Its surface is 365 feet above the sea.
 The largest tunnel in the world is that of St. Gothard, on the line of rail- road between Lucerne and Milan. The summit of the tunnel is 900 feet be- heath the surface of Audermatt, and 6.600 feet beneath the peak of the kastelhorn, of the St Gothard group.
 The most extensive cavern is the Mammoth Cave, in Edmonson County, Kentucky. It is near Green river, six miles from Cave City. and twenty-eight miles from Bowling Green
 The largest trees are the mammoth trees Of California. One of a grove in Tulare County according to meas urement made by members of the State Geological Survey. was shown to be 276 feet high, los feet in eircumfer- ence at the base and 76 feet at point twelve feet above the ground. Some of the trees are 376 feet high and 34 feet in diameter Some of the largest that have been felled indicate an age from 1000 to ,. 300 years.
 The largest inland sea is the Cas- plan, lying between Europe and Asia. It's greatest length is 760 miles, it's greatest breadth 270 miles, and it's area ls.00e square miles.
 The largest empire in the world is that Of Great Britain, comprising S,557, ,65S square miles (more than a sixth part of the land of the globe) and embracing under it's rule nearly sixth part of the population of the world. In territorial extent the United States ranks third, containing ,. 5s0. 242 square miles, including Alaska; in population it ranks fourth, with it's 60,000, 900 people. Russia ranks second. S,352, $40 square miles.
 The highest monolith is the obelisk at Karnak. Egypt. Karnak is on the east side of the Nile. near Luxor. and occupies part of the site of ancient Thebes. Its whole length is 122 feet; its weight 100 tons. It's height, with out pedestal, is l80 feet 10 inches.
 The Chinese wall is the largest wall in the world. It was built by the first Emperor of the Tsin dynasty, about 250 B. C., as a protection against Tar tars. Its length is l l,250 miles. lnclud- ing a parapet Of five feet, the total height of the wall is twenty feet; thick ness at the base twenty-five feet, and at the top fifteen feet. Towers or bas- tions occur at intervals of about 100 yards.
 The largest library is the Biblio. theque National in Paris, founded by Louis XIV. It contains 1,49o. 900 vol umes, 300, GOO pamphlets, l75, GOO manu- scripts, 300, 000 maps and charts. and 150, GOO coins and medals. The collec- tion of engrayings exceeds ], 1900, 900, contained in some 1000 volumes.
 The largest bell in the world is the great bell of Moscow, at the foot of the Kremlen. Its circumference at the bottom is nearly 6S feet, and its height 2l feet. In it's stoutest part it is 23 inches thick, and it's weight is com puted to be 4f3, 772 pounds.
 The largest cathedral in the world is St. Peter's in Rome. Inter Ocean.
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