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   From: le@main.put.com   
      
   In alt.fan.tolkien John W Kennedy  wrote:   
   > On 2/11/17 7:13 PM, Louis Epstein wrote:   
   >> After the Third Age,I've given thought to the problems attending the   
   >> restoration of Khazad-dum after all the damage.   
   >>   
   >> On the Western side,there's an urgency to demolish the dam that provides   
   >> the Watcher with its Water,hope it gets killed in the flood,and help its   
   >> demise if it doesn't.   
   >>   
   >> On the Eastern,Gandalf destroyed the only path across a 50-foot-wide   
   >> chasm.To restore access,I'm thinking that it would be necessary to create   
   >> a piece of joined wood perhaps 140-200 feet long that could be slid along   
   >> the floor until its perhaps somewhat tapered end crossed omto the far   
   >> side while its center of gravity remained securely on the near side,so   
   >> it would not tip into the gap.Staying level,it could then be advanced   
   >> further.This could then be traversed with the necessities of constructing   
   >> a new bridge.(Two of these might be used as main beams of a new bridge   
   >> but I am assuming a stone structure would be preferred).   
   >   
   > I'm reasonably certain that dwarves are more sophisticaed engineers than   
   > that. They'd probably use an arrow line to bootstrap a suspension   
   > bridge.   
   >   
      
   When EVERYTHING is built of stone,what can an arrow penetrate?   
      
   A large open space with a bottomless pit across the middle.   
   Not a simple problem.   
      
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