News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-07-25
SOME BIG THINGS.
In the Possession of Many of Which
Americans Take the Lead.

The largest suspension bridge in the
world is the one between Brooklyn and
New York. The length of the main span
is ], ,595 feet and 6 inches. The entire
length of the bridge is $3.50 feet.
Fortress Monroe is the largest single
/ fortifcation in the world. 1t has already
cost the American government over
$3, 900, 900. The water battery is con-.
! sidered one of the finest military works
in the world.
The loftiest active VOLCANIC is Popo-.
ca:apeti (Smokirg Mountain) thirty-tive
miles southwest of Pueblo, Mexico. It
is II. 7S4 feet above the sea level, and
| has crater three miles in circumference
and 200 feet deep.
| The largest university is that of Ok
ford, England. 1t consists of twenty
five colleges and five halls.
The most extensive Park is Deer Park,
in the environs of Copenhagen, Den
mark. The enclosure contains 1920
acres, and is divided by a small river
The largest pleasure ground in America
is Fairmoont Park, Philadelphia, which
contains 3,740 acres.
The largest body of fresh water on the
globe is Lake Superior. 1t is 400 miles
long, 160 miles wide at its greatest
breadth, and has an area of $4,000
square miles. It's mean depth is said to
be 200 feet, and its greatest depth about
900 fathoms. Its surface is 635 feet above
the sea.
The largest tunnel in the world is that
of St Gothard, on the line of railroad
between Lucerne and Milan. The
summit of the tunnel is 900 feet beneath
the surface of Audermatt, and $500 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 group in
Tulare County, according to measure
ment made by members of the State
Geological Survey, was shown to be 276
feet high, 105 feet in circumference Mt
the base, and 76 feet at a point twelve
feet above the ground. Some of the trees
are 376 feet high and 81 feet in diameter.
Some of the largest that have been
felled indicate an age from 1000 to
$500 years.
The largest inland sea is the Caspian,
lying between Europe and Asia Its
greatest length is 760 miles, its greatest
breadth go miles, and its area $4,000
square miles.
The largest Empire of the world is that
of Great Britain, comprising 1857, ,658
square miles (more than a sixth part of
the land of the globe) and embracing
under its rule nearly a sixth part of the
population of the world. In territorial
extent the United States ranks third,
containing 3,580,242 square miles, in
cluding Alaska; in population it ranks
fourth, with It's 60,C00, 600 people. Russia
ranks second, 8, ,352, $40 square miles.
The highest monolith is the obelisl5 at
Ka1na!z, Egypt; Karnak is on the east
Ihebes. It's whole length is l22 feet;
its weight 400 tons. Its height, without
pedestal, is $50 feet 10 inches.
The Chimes Wall is the largest wall in
the world. 1t was built by the first En-
peror of the Tain dynasty, about 25O
B. c., as a protection against Tartars.
Its length is 1,250 miles. Including q
parapet of five feet, the total height OF
the wall is twenty feet; thickness at the
base, twenty five feet, and at the top
fifteen feet Towers or bastions occur at
intervals of about 100 yards.
The largest library is the Bibliothequ!e
National in Paris, founded by Louis
XIV. 1t contains 100000 volumes,
300, 900 pamphlets, 175, 900 manusc' ipts,
100000 maps and charts, and 100000
coins and medals. The collection of en-
cravings exceeds 100000, contained in
some 10, 900 volumes.
The largest bell in the world is the
great bell of Moscow, at the foot of the
| Kremlin. Its circumference Mt the
bottom is nearly sixty eight feet, and its
height twenty-one feet. In its stoutest
part it is twenty three inches thick, and
its weight is computed to be 443, 772
pounds.
The largest cathedral in the world is
st. Peters, in Rome.