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" Cheesewring granite has been used in the London Docks, Westminster Bridge, the Thames Embankment, Rochester Bridge, the docks at Copenhagen, the Great Basses Lighthouse near the island of Ceylon, and for the tomb of the Duke of Wellington in the crypt... "
A Treatise on the Building and Ornamental Stones of Great Britain and ... - Page 37
by Edward Hull - 1872 - 333 pages
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Ures̀“ Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a ..., Volume 2

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...
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A Descriptive Guide to the Museum of Practical Geology: With Notices of the ...

Museum of Practical Geology (Great Britain), Robert Hunt, Frederick William Rudler - Geological museums - 1867 - 188 pages
...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...
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A dictionary of arts, manufactures, and mines, Volume 2

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...
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A Descriptive Guide to the Museum of Practical Geology: With Notices of the ...

Museum of Practical Geology (Great Britain), Robert Hunt, Frederick William Rudler - Geological museums - 1877 - 200 pages
...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...
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Building Stones: Stone Formation; Quarrying and Blasting; Selecting and ...

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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