Engineers Save 800 Year Old Abbey Wall

Daily PostJanuary 03, 2006

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THE latest engineering technology was used to save part of an 800- year-old abbey from collapsing.

Instead of dismantling part of Cymer - the Cistercian abbey near Dolgellau - powerful hydraulic presses backed up by adjustable steel supports were brought in to push the wall back.

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Engineers Save 800 Year Old Abbey Wall

The painstaking operation was launched after the cond...

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