Ames Pyramid
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| The Ames Pyramid is a sixty-foot-tall stone-block monolith in the otherwise empty plains of Wyoming. It was constructed in 1882 to commemorate Union Pacific railroad businessmen/politicians Oakes and Oliver Ames, who, soon after this monument had been constructed in their honor, were found to have been involved in several financial scandals related to the building of the railroad. The tracks that ran by the monument (built at what was once the highest elevation on the transcontinental railroad), were later relocated to the south, leaving this monument, designed by the well-known architect H. H. Richardson, standing alone. At the time of the construction of the railroad the Ames brothers' company in Massachusetts was the largest manufacturer of shovels in the country. Today, known as Ames-True Temper, it is still the world's largest manufacturer of non-powered lawn and garden tools (a category which of course includes shovels). |
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40 miles W of Cheyenne, near Laramie
(POINT(-105.4655 41.60306))
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WY
Albany County |
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| East of Laramie on I-80, look for the Ames Memorial exit. Head south and east on the dirt road. |
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http://www.over-land.com/ames.html
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Architectural Landmark, Cultural
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Monument
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