Various Reports and Extracts (Sir Francis Fox, Mervyn Macartney, Somers Clarke), 1907-1921

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Sir Mervyn Edmund (1853 - 1932) Macartney, Sir Aston Webb

{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang2057{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 MS Shell Dlg;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs17 Extracts of references to repairs to dome, dome piers and south transept etc contained in reports and correspondence from 1709 to 1921; copy of report by Sir Francis Fox refering to 1831 sewer, buildings to the south of the cathedral, borings, levels of cathedral, cracks in piers, buttresses to the drum of the dome, foundations etc, 12 March 1913; Sir Francis Fox's report, 6 Feb 1914; Fox's report relating to excavations and grouting experiments on the General Post Office site, 9 March 1914; Letter from Francis Fox to Canon Alexander relating to the stability of St Paul's, past repairs and grouting experiments, 17 June 1921; extracts from reports by Mervyn Macartney 1914 to 1920; extracts from various sources referring to the condition of the cathedral prepared for the information of the Commissioners, March 1907; extracts from the notebooks of Mr Somers Clarke 1898 to 1906; letters from Somers Clarke to Sir Aston Webb expressing his views on the state of the dome piers, previous work, grouting (23 July 1922), the Great Chain, deep girdle added to the drum at whispering gallery, and iron tie bars (29 Sepember 1922); and reports to Dean and Chapter signed by Mervyn Macartney, RJH Davison and Francis Fox, 1913.\par }

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, Sir Francis Fox

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