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Re: Windlasses.
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"Lyle E. Browning" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 31 Dec 2000 23:53:25 -0500
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There's a goose in the upper parts of Peterborough Cathedral. It's a 1:1 pulley on a neck attached to a platform which had a counterweight and was used for raising stone and probably dates to the 13th century, although that is from memory. Lyle
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