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WASHINGTON — For days, inspectors dangling from ropes pored over the weathered marble of the Washington Monument. On Wednesday, they produced an initial diagnosis: substantial cracks here and there, with minor displaced stone. Most of the Aug. 23 earthquake damage happened near the top of the monument, in the area of the pointed “pyramidion,” said Daniel Lemieux, an architect with Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, which conducted the exterior inspection. The lower section of the monument mostly suffered the loss of weatherizing mortar and patching that shook loose, the National Park Service has said.
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