Bonus Ep 24 - The Great Fire of London with Ben
The British English Podcast
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St. Paul's Cathedral - Fire Brake
If it wasn't for that wooden scaffolding, i dare say that the saint paul's cathedral would still be around to day. The old fire fighting techniques at the time were basically a combination of hooking into the the piping system under the ground and pumping water out. They used these em these hooks, i think, these long sticks with hooks on them. And they would pull the actual ceiling at the thatched roofing down to create a gap.
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