| Andrew Ure - Industrial arts - 1860 - 786 pages
...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... | |
| Andrew Ure - 1867 - 918 pages
...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... | |
| Paul Nooncree Hasluck - Building stones - 1904 - 104 pages
...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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