Capitol Dome is scaffold-free after 1,000-day renovation

By Anna Giaritelli

Published September 15, 2016 10:22pm ET

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Capitol Dome is scaffold-free after 1,000-day renovation — A construction worker carries a ladder across the scaffolding on the U.S. Capitol Dome early in the morning, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, in Washington on the day Congress returns to work after their summer holiday. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

The U.S. Capitol debuted its scaffolding-free outer dome to Washington, D.C. on Thursday after a $60 million, two-and-a-half-year renovation project.

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