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RockRaven

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1. Yes.

Reply to Sector 001 (Original post)

Mon Mar 16, 2026, 09:52 PM

21 hrs ago

The very tip of the Washington Monument was made of aluminum for that reason.

A 5.6 inch square, 8.9 inch tall pyramid, which was the largest piece of aluminum existing in the world at the time it was cast (late 1880s).

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