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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Evans

Medieval London church balanced 45ft above ground in ‘unprecedented feat of engineering’

A medieval London church tower has been suspended 45ft above the ground in what has been described as a “never-seen-before feat of engineering”.

The tower of All Hallows Staining was balanced on stilts above a 60,000 sq ft excavation site at 50 Fenchurch Street as part of a major City of London building project.

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