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Allyn Cox Oil on Canvas 1973-1974
The expansion of the nation led to the growth of the Congress, and by 1850 the Capitol was much too small. Over a period of seventeen years, the present House and Senate wings were added to the old building and the low central dome was replaced with a cast-iron dome better suited to the enlarged Capitol.
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