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Thanks for the photo tour. Actually, it was the escarpment, and not
any misconception about Chartres being significantly elevated in other
respects, that caused me to think of winches. _If_ it were more
economical to haul the stone downstream by boat (and the thought of
heavy waggons getting bogged down in muddy tracks suggests that
possibility), then one could take advantage of the escarpment to winch
up secure platforms or baskets of building material. Since similar
technology would be used at the building site itself, one or more winch-
operated cranes at the top of the escarpment wouldn't seem an
impossibility.
Best again,
John Dillon
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