Post by accykeef on May 12, 2009 18:51:13 GMT
This is not in Morecambe but I am sure if we had some of these around, we would become the hippy capital of Lancashire.
This is a serious question, I stood next to this structure and it stands over 16 ft high. I stood underneath it and raised my hands but could not touch the horizontal lintel. The lintel is about 8ft wide, 8ft thick and 25ft long so I reckon it would be well over 25 tonnes.
Getting the verticals in place is fairly straight forward, they use a lot of muscle power and slide them on rollers but how do they raise the lintel over eight feet?
I have heard a theory that they used to drive dry wood wedges under the stone and then soak them in water. The expansion of the wood raised the stone. Very slow but very effective.
It was completed before 1833, that is the year not just after tea!
This is a serious question, I stood next to this structure and it stands over 16 ft high. I stood underneath it and raised my hands but could not touch the horizontal lintel. The lintel is about 8ft wide, 8ft thick and 25ft long so I reckon it would be well over 25 tonnes.
Getting the verticals in place is fairly straight forward, they use a lot of muscle power and slide them on rollers but how do they raise the lintel over eight feet?
I have heard a theory that they used to drive dry wood wedges under the stone and then soak them in water. The expansion of the wood raised the stone. Very slow but very effective.
It was completed before 1833, that is the year not just after tea!
I had been telling my hubby about the time I was in Morecombe when the Moby Dick and Hotel was hit by lightening and burnt down. My parents, sister and myself had just come off the Moby Dick when lightening stuck