The mosaic nark with which the crypt of sfc Paul's Cathedral is paved was made by lb* female convict* at Woking Prison. The qaanitt of the lile of Portland (applied the Baterials for St. Paul's Cathedral, and for «U the most splendid buildings in London. About 70,000 tons of Portland stone are bow exported annually from these quarries. in a device to impair the force of collisions at sea, a pair of girders, pivoted on the bow, oarrr at their outer extremities large rollers, ■touted in brackets, which are strengthened by bwisoutal links at.the extremity of the be*; to tbat, in case of collision, the force of the impact: would be greatly reduced/ irf the damage to . the vessels lessened. Tbe apparatus can be used at night or in fray weather, and when not needed it mm diva «i«iui fcaU* •; ' • V it t-:o .■*
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10509, 31 July 1897, Page 4 (Supplement)
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