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From: fwbrown@bellsouth.net
In alt.fan.tolkien Louis Epstein wrote:
> 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.
That large open space has a roof. It might be possible to get up
there and anchor lines to the ceiling, either by climbing the walls or
by digging down through the ceiling if there are other open chambers
above it.
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