[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson%27s\_Pillar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson%27s_Pillar)
Today’s featured article on Wikipedia is Lord Nelson’s Pillar.
The article states that after the explosion brought Nelson to the ground that there was “hundreds of tons of rubble.” Was it really that big? Hundreds of tons?
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In fairness, how the fuck did they get the explosives so high up
>The article states that after the explosion brought Nelson to the ground that there was “hundreds of tons of rubble.” Was it really that big? Hundreds of tons?
According to google 1 m3 of limestone aggregate weighs roughly 2 100 kg.
> According to the committee’s published report, 22,090 cubic feet (626 m3) of black limestone and 7,310 cubic feet (207 m3) of granite had been used to build the column and its pedestal.
What a fucking shame it got blown up and replaced by the fucking monstrosity we have now
The gates of the column’s stairway ended up as a feature on a small roundabout in the Pigeon House sewage pumping station site, still there today