WASHINGTON (ABC7) — The National Park Service tells the 7 ON YOUR SIDE I-Team that it has begun the process to replace the elevator’s control system. This after the elevator continues to malfunction ...

The Washington Monument closed on Sunday because of problems with its elevator. The National Park Service said the monument opened briefly Sunday morning before the elevator got stuck. One National ...

The Washington Monument is not empty inside. Its interior contains thick stone walls, a central stairway, and an elevator shaft added later. Construction began in 1848 but stalled for decades due to ...

The Washington Monument opened to the public with an elevator. Construction on the massive obelisk began 40 years earlier, in 1848, with private funding, but after a few years, the group building it ...