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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… buckets, 3 large ladders, and 3 'cromes' with 14-yard ropes fastened to the chains. Another serious fire occurred …
A History of the County of Oxford
A History of the County of Oxford
… motors, necessitating hundreds of feet of transmission ropes and belts; the system was rationalized in the early …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… stories high, and about 1080 feet in length, in which ropes of various sizes, cordage for rigging the ships, and …