The dredging project in Blenheim Palace was an extremely complicated project, but it bore a historical secret that made the workers stop in their tracks. How did something so vast keep a major secret like this?
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When historians were alerted about a 300-year-old, flood-wrecked bridge on the property, they knew they had to do something to preserve it. However, that’s when things started to get messy. Not only did they realize how much it reminded them of Britain’s bygone days, but it also hid a secret no one expected to learn about.