A. recent story of -10 horses hauling 33 tons of grain 70 miles into Calgar>, recalls an earlier English record. In 1564 a team of 47 horses in _ Cornwall hauled a block of granite weighing »S tons from a quarry to Pcnryn. T lis block of granite was fashioned into e pedestal of the Wellington monument at Stratbfieldsayc', near Easing^ o * 6 "
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18208, 20 October 1924, Page 11
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62Page 11 Advertisements Column 2 Press, Volume LX, Issue 18208, 20 October 1924, Page 11
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