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Show MORMON TABERNACLE Construction of the Silt Lai? tabernacle was started in 1863 ar completed in 1867. It was desipnei by Brigham Young. William U som was the architect and Henrr Grow was the Engineer. Dimet sions: '250. feet long, 150 feet.wi 80 feet high. Seating capacity 8,000 persons. Largest countk audience: 11,250 persons. The dome-shaped roof consiiU of more than i million feet of to-ber. to-ber. When first constructed, tti lumber was held together ! wooden pegs and cowhide ttan;; The original shingles, with wfc nails were of course used, were replaced re-placed with metal in 1900. In tfc summer of 1947, the building ti re-roofed with aluminum. The gallery gal-lery was added in 1870, improrar the acoustic properties of tt; building, which have always te: remarkable. |