# Repairs to the Capitol Dome - Lock & Stitch Technique

The 150 year-old Capitol Dome has more than 1,000 cracks, the Architect of the Capitol is conducting a major Dome restoration, during the project each crack will be repaired using a lock and stitch technique shown here.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2013
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: U.S. Capitol
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Repairs_to_the_Capitol_Dome_-_Lock_%26_Stitch_Technique.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: U.S. Capitol
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/52719842?play=1)