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The Tabernacle in December 2008
Society: ASCEMain Category: CivilSub Category: BuildingsEra: 1860-1869DateCreated: 1867Mormon TabernacleSalt Lake CityState: UTZip: 84150Country: USAWebsite: http://www.asce.org/Project/Mormon-Tabernacle/Creator: Grow, Henry

Just 20 years after settling the uninhabited Salt Lake valley, Brigham Young and his Mormon followers completed one of the nation's most impressive public structures. The 9,000-seat Mormon Tabernacle boasts a clear span roof measuring 150 feet by 250 feet, its timber trusses joined with wooden pegs and lashed with green rawhide, which shrank and tightened as it dried.

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Image Credit: Courtesy Wikicommons/Leon7 (CC BY-SA 3.0)Image Caption: The Tabernacle in December 2008.Era_date_from: 1867
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The Tabernacle in December 2008

Just 20 years after settling the uninhabited Salt Lake valley, Brigham Young and his Mormon followers completed one of the nation's most impressive public structures. The 9,000-seat Mormon Tabernacle boasts a clear span roof measuring 150 feet by 250 feet, its timber trusses joined with wooden…

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