The Cathedral Engineers is a 29 minute 1983 film production by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The film documents the long process of building the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. It also explores the history of cathedral architecture and tours European Gothic Cathedrals that are St. John’s models.
Shots of the Stoneyard Institute appear towards the beginning, Tim Smith, Poni Baptiste, Jose Tapia and others. Towards the end of the film we see Ruben Gibson cutting and Jim Bambridge setting out the templates.
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1983 to the present. Digital technology transformed structural engineering, stone quarrying and cutting, dimensional precision in construction, not to mention visual and audio recording. From the 11th century to 1983, not so much.