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| 21 | 78 | I had then View more quotes about freed">freed the lock bolts, which keep the gate in place once it has dropped, and, by means of a wheel, associated with chains and counterweights, raised the gate. |
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| 21 | 75 | I had, of course, in my return, lifted the dropped iron gate separating the private room, giving access to the passage, from the rest of the area. |
| 21 | 76 | This was not difficult from the passage side. |
| 21 | 77 | It had taken only a moment to locate the appropriate apparatus. |
| 21 | 78 | I had then freed the lock bolts, which keep the gate in place once it has dropped, and, by means of a wheel, associated with chains and counterweights, raised the gate. |
| 21 | 79 | The gate is freed, incidentally, by a small lever. |
| 21 | 80 | Its fall is gravity controlled. |
| 21 | 81 | The fall is swift, but not destructive. |