{"id":1524,"date":"2010-04-18T16:05:45","date_gmt":"2010-04-18T22:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1524"},"modified":"2010-04-18T16:05:45","modified_gmt":"2010-04-18T22:05:45","slug":"how-they-built-stonehenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1524","title":{"rendered":"How They Built Stonehenge?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maybe the work crews were smaller than we think<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I found that I, working alone, could easily move a 2400 lb. block 300 ft. per hour with little effort, and a 10,000 lb. block at 70 ft. per hour. I also stood two 8 ft., 2400 lb. blocks on end and placed another 2400 lb. block on top. This took about two hours per block. I found that one man, working by himself, without the use of wheels, rollers, pulleys, or any type of hoisting equipment could perform the task.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What, no levitation?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maybe the work crews were smaller than we think. I found that I, working alone, could easily move a 2400 lb. block 300 ft. per hour with little effort, and a 10,000 lb. block at 70 ft. per hour. I also stood two 8 ft., 2400 lb. blocks on end and placed another 2400 lb. 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