Sunday, 25 May 2014

Utah company to help restore US Capitol dome


A Utah company will play a major role in a two-year, $60 million renovation of the U.S. Capitol dome.


Historical Arts & Casting Inc. of West Jordan has finalized a contract to replace much of the cast iron that makes up the dome.


While much of the Capitol building is made of stone, the dome itself is made of cast iron painted to look like masonry.


Robert Baird of Historical Arts & Casting told the Deseret News (http://bit.ly/1jSrT9h ) that the cast iron "has started to crack and break as waterproofing has failed."


The dome has more than 1,000 cracks and flaws that need to be fixed, and iron pieces in the worst shape will be shipped to Utah.


The company will use original parts as models to create new components of the exact same size and shape.



No comments:

Post a Comment