Lincoln Tomb

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The Lincoln sarcophagus is not the final resting place of Lincoln. He is buried 6 feet north, 10 feet under in a steel cage filled with concrete, head facing east.

Herbert Wells Fay, Custodian Lincoln Tomb is saying on Aug 19, 1933 in BURIALS AND REMOVALS OF LINCOLN in Week by Week:

Six feet from the north wall or thirty inches north of the cenotaph and ten feet below the floor is the present location. Mr. Lincoln's body is placed with head to the west.

It was not necessary to move Lincoln's body in the 1931 construction because the cenotaph was placed six feet and thirty inches south from the inside north wall, with foundation as low as that of Lincoln's grave.