A HUGE TASK
RESTORING ST PAUL'S GOOD PROGRESS REPORTED (Received. Nov. 2, 10.25 p.m.) (A. & N.Z.) I/A’DON. Nov -2. After three yeaij* <n >nstant work, ■tilising fund* - from all parts of the ErtfgX’k ’“‘•'restoration nt the piers in • Ty’jof Paul’s has been romypXMFirst the of the pillars u is grouted out and stfit inserted, then cement was cttT’ «in at high pressure, converti/Fg ‘Ji* 1 j ar- into »olid blocks of reiife reed concrete. Many of the irifh “tie-bars linking the piers with the bastion-. which S ■ Christopher Wren had 4. were found to be broken, ar been replaced with steel tie l ar that will stand a strain of • The engineers are now working upon the columns supporting he dome. which grill occupy another four years.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19988, 3 November 1927, Page 8
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127A HUGE TASK Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19988, 3 November 1927, Page 8
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