Library loses its top: construction workers remove 16-ton copper roof

Construction workers undertook the latest phase of the Library of Parliament's multi-million dollar conservation project last week when a giant crane latched on to the historic structure's 16-ton roof, hoisted it high into the air, and gently placed it on the ground.

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