| Andrew Ure - 1860 - 788 Seiten
...per annum : some stones have been raised 25 feet in length and 11 feet in diameter. The Cheeswring granite has been used in the London Docks, Westminster...Great Basses Lighthouse near the island of Ceylon, and for the tomb of the Duke of Wellington in the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral. These quarries produce... | |
| Museum of Practical Geology (Great Britain), Robert Hunt, Frederick William Rudler - 1867 - 188 Seiten
...feet in height in one stone. The Lamorna quarries produce about 60,000 feet per annum. The Gheesewring granite has been used in the London Docks, Westminster...Great Basses Lighthouse near the island of Ceylon, and for the tomb of the Duke of Wellington in the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral. These quarries produce... | |
| Andrew Ure - 1867 - 918 Seiten
...appearance of being carted from a single block. The Cheeswring granite has been used in the I/ondon Docks, Westminster Bridge, the Thames embankment,...Rochester Bridge, the Docks at Copenhagen, the Great Ba&sts Lighthouse near the island of Ceylon, and for the tomb of the Duke of Wellington I'D the crypt... | |
| Museum of Practical Geology (Great Britain), Robert Hunt, Frederick William Rudler - 1877 - 200 Seiten
...Wellington Memorial at Strathfieldsaye, the shaft of the column being 30 feet in height in one stone. The Cheesewring granite has been used in the London...Great Basses Lighthouse near the island of Ceylon, and for the tomb of the Duke of Wellington in the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral. These quarries produc.e... | |
| Paul Nooncree Hasluck - 1904 - 104 Seiten
...Constantine ; and Constantine granite was also used for the Wellington monument at Strathfieldsaye. The Cheesewring granite has been used in the London Docks, Westminster Bridge, Thames Embankment, Rochester Bridge, the docks at Copenhagen, the Great Basses Lighthouse (near the... | |
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