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From an engineering perspective, long build times created a unique problem: technology changed while the building was going up. A church started with simple wooden pulleys might end with steam engines. The stones at the bottom had to support weight they were never designed for, forcing later builders to invent new ways to keep the walls from collapsing.
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Supporting arguments
- The bottom stones of old churches often compressed and cracked over centuries.
- Later builders had to adapt their plans to match older, less precise work.
- New construction materials like iron had to be carefully joined to medieval stone.
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