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Old 08-02-2017, 01:27 PM
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These are three links of surviving Mauretania anchor chain (and my arm!) They have the date on them, '1906' (the chain, not my arm). Each link is 130 lbs / 76kg. At the time it was the largest chain ever made for an anchor chain. Length was 1,900 feet / 579 metres, total weight was 132 tonnes. Made at Brown, Lenox and Co. chainworks in Pontypridd.






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