And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It's a beautiful relic, but not enough reach - even for that bucket.
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ReplyDeleteI'm guessing it was probably drop forged. David Round is still in business making cranes today, since the late 1860's.
DeleteHad a similar top section (no wheels) that would attach to my lifts, we called it the donkey dick.
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