THE BIGGEST YET
MONSTER CHAIN FOH ST. PAUL’S A chain being made in Sheffield is to be used to prevent St. Paul’s Cathedral dome from sagging. It is 145 ft, long, weighs 30 tons, and each link is just over 15ft. lons. The width of the chain is 13Um. It is to be embedded in concrete in the ('■onie. The chain is of stainless steel, and is the biggest ever made of that metal.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19280519.2.101.7.2
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20150, 19 May 1928, Page 2 (Supplement)
Word Count
74THE BIGGEST YET Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20150, 19 May 1928, Page 2 (Supplement)
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in