Capell Bros…getting ready to pull peaks
Posted By thecircusblog on January 9, 2010
The harness is on Lucy and she will soon start pulling the peaks on the tent one at a time. At the bottom of each center pole is attached a mud block with a pulley rope going though and stretching under the canvas to the outside and then connects to the harness chain on the elephant. The tent is pulled up one pole at a time. The canvas is pulled up a certain distance each pull so it will not bind and tear. It is then it is tied off and onto the next pole until all of the circus tent is peaked to the top. This four pole tent allows it to have three rings……. thus comes the name “Three Ring Circus.”
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