1052 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 
Photo by Joseph E. Pogue 
A PORTION OF THE ARCH AS SEEN FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE GORGE AT SOME 
DISTANCE DOWN-CANYON 
It would easily span, with room to spare, the dome of the Capitol at Washington, or, if 
hung over the Flatiron Building in New York, its limbs would come within a few feet of the 
ground, though to the west of Fifth Avenue on the one hand, and to the east of Broadway 
on the other (see page 1053). 
