Talk:Nebraska State Capitol

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Contents 1 Penis of the plains 2 Cubic footage 3 Earlier capitols 4 NE State Capitol & Hitler

[edit] Penis of the plains

What, no mention of the moniker, "Penis of the Plains?"

It appears that people are censoring the common nickname of the "Penis of the Plains". This is against the wikipeida rules. We are suppose to document what is, not some sanitized version of what we want the world to be. I will try to make sure this correct stays, and if people keep reverting it, I will escalate it up to the wikipedia admins. Wrs1864 17:36, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cubic footage

I can't fix this typo: "The cost for the 400 cubic foot Indiana limestone structure came in just under the $10 million budget." Is it 400,000? --Wetman 11:18, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Hi, a)I've been looking for the source on that 400 cubic foot issue and I can't find it... and I'm not good enough with abstract measurments to know if that sounds very wrong. b) The current capitol building is actually the third structure in Lincoln (and there were two "territorial" capitols in Omaha before that - both built in the 1850s before Nebraska became a state in 1867 and the capital moved to Lincoln ). The first (1867) and second (1889) Lincoln capitol buildings both had structural problems. -Astragal

400 cubic feet represents a cube measuring 7.4 feet per side. Unless all the Nebraska State legislators are from Whoville, I doubt that that is the correct measurement. -- DrWhy

I'm pretty sure the 400 cubic foot error derives from the building being 400 feet tall. --Swid 18:31, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Earlier capitols

Was there a state capitol before this one? Where is it now? Cool Hand Luke 04:36, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] NE State Capitol & Hitler

"Adolf Hitler planned on moving into the Nebraska State Capitol and using it as the Nazi headquarters if he won World War II." I don't think this is right, so I removed it pending verification. --Rayc 14:55, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

There was something in the paper about Adolf wishing to make a copy of the Vatican in Berlin, with a big statue of Benito in the replican of St Peters square. This sound a bit more realistic, assuming that he won the war. 23 Jan 2006