Artwork : ArchiveNo00164

Marble Core 1860

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Contributor Name	Spitbank Fort
Contributor Image	Nealeweb_jpg_copy.jpg
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Location	Solent - one mile out to sea
Collection Date	11.09.08
Artefact Name	Marble Core
Artefact Description	The sample is a piece of granite from the original structure of the Fort. It is a core sample.
Artefact Date	1860
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Sample Taken	Lump of granite
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History of Artefact	The granite would have been from Wales or Cornwall. All of the outside structure of the Fort is made from this granite. The blocks of granite were cut and shaped at Stokes Bay. They were then brought by two steam barges to a crane at the Fort that picked them up and lowered them into position. They were placed in their final position by divers. This may have been the first commercial use of the brass diving helmet and equipment. The building of the Fort started in 1860 and it was completed in 1878.
Historian	Neale Brickwood
Previous Owners	Ministry of Defence
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