Montpelier Place #1
by Deborah Benoit
Title
Montpelier Place #1
Artist
Deborah Benoit
Medium
Photograph - Original Art By Deborah Benoit
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Montpelier is located at 44�15′N 72�34′W (44.2500, -72.5667) in the north-central area of Vermont. The city center is a flat clay zone (elevation ~520 ft/158 m), surrounded by hills and granite ledges. Towne Hill runs in a 2-mile (3.2 km) ridge (~900 ft/275 m) along the northern edge of the city. Montpelier is situated among foothills just to the east of the Green Mountains.
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According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.3 square miles (27 km2), of which 10.2 square miles (26 km2) is land and 0.10% is water. The Winooski River flows west along the south edge of downtown village and is fed by several smaller tributaries that cut through residential districts. Montpelier is subject to periodic flooding in the flat city center, with two major floods occurring in 1927 and 1992.
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On its borders are the towns of Middlesex to the west, Berlin to the south, and East Montpelier to the north and east. Montpelier lies nearly in the geographic center of the state
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Linda Phelps
v. Interesting processing technique! Nice idea to use the screen texture. I like the warm tones with this subject.