Base of Column. The Illustrated London News (December 1850): 396. This illustration of a workman pouring melted lead into the pipes at the base of one of the supporting columns appears on the same page as images of drilling and punching machines. Source: An Internet Archive online version of a copy in the University of Michigan Library. Click on image to enlarge it.
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