The Salt Lake Temple

The Salt Lake Temple, originally uploaded by SoPhast.

The Mormon Temple...Building began in 1853, and took 40 years to build and stands 210 feet tall. The walls of the temple are 9 feet (2.7 meters) thick at the base and 6 feet (1.8 meters) thick at the top. Each granite block of the walls weighs between 2,500 and 5,600 pounds (1,134 to 2,540 kilograms) and was hauled by oxen, and later by railroad, from a granite quarry in Little Cottonwood Canyon, some 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of Temple Square (as it's known). The Temple is literally built in the heart of the city and all the streets were planned accordingly. To see it in person is just amazing.