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THE BUILDINGS.

BIRDS EYE VIEW OF THE WORLDS COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION

[Description: Illustration of the World's Columbian Exposition including: Pier and Casino, Agricultural, Adminstration, Electrical, Manufactures and Liberal Arts, Mines and Mining, Transportation, U.S. Government, Horticultural, Fisheries, Woman's, Illinois State Buildings, Machinery Hall, Art Palace, The Great Peristyle and Music Hall Cafe. ]

WORLD'S FAIR VIEWS

WORLD'S FAIR VIEWS STATE BUILDINGS

[Description: Illustration of the World's Columbian Exposition including: Fisheries, Woman's, Illinois, Iowa, Washington, Minnesota, Ohio, California State Buildings, Art Palace, Ferris Wheel on the Midway Plaisance ]

STATE BUILDINGS

[Description: Illustration of the World's Columbian Exposition including: New York, Maine, Connecticut, Maryland, Indiana, Massachusetts, Texas, Michigan, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Florida, Maryland Buildings. ]

Collectively, the size and cost of the great buildings of the Exposition are shown in the table below. The tabulated figures are arranged for ready reference and comparison. They will not be detailed again in the descriptive text of each which follows:—

[Description: Table of tabulated dimensions, area, and cost of buildings at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition]

Buildings	Dimensions in feet.	Area in acres.	Cost.
Manufactures and Liberal Arts	787x1678	30.5	$1,500,000
Administration	262x262	1.6	435,000
Mines	350x700	5.6	265,000
Electricity	345x690	5.5	401,000
Transportation	256x960	5.6
" Annex	425x900	8.8	870,000
Woman's	199x388	1.8	138,000
Art Galleries	320x500	3.7
Art Annexes (2)	120x200	1.1	670,000
Fisheries	165x365	1.4
" Annexes (2)	135 diam.	.8	224,000
Horticulture	250x998	5.7	300,000
" Greenhouses (8)	24x100	.5	25,000
Machinery	492x846	9.6
" Annex	490x550	6.2	1,200,000
" Powerhouse	100x461
" Pumping works	77x84
Machine-shop	146x250	2.1	85,000
Agriculture	500x800	9.2	618,000
Agriculture Annex	300x550	3.8	618,000
" Assembly Hall, etc.	125x450	1.3	100,000
Forestry	208x528	2.5	100,000
Sawmill	125x300	.9	35,000
Dairy	100x200	.5	30,000
Live stock (3)	65x200	.9
" Pavilion	280x440	2.8
" Sheds	......	40.0	335,000
Casino	120x250	.7
Music Hall	120x250	.7	*210,000
		153.8	$7,041,000
United States Government	345x415	3.3	400,000
" Imitation battleship	69.25x348	.3	100,000
Illinois State	160x450	1.7
" Wings (2)	......	.3	250,000
Totals..........	......	159.4	$ 7,791,000

In the construction of the buildings, about 60,000,000 feet of lumber and 18,000 tons of steel and iron have been used. In their adornment, nearly 84,000 pieces of ornamental "staff" work have been added. The total expense before the doors are thrown open to the public will not be far from twenty-five million dollars.

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Including connecting peristyle