Illustrations of history

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Medieval construction crane (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's a gentleman over there with a dry boat hook, to pull the block stage left. As far as a lock, perhaps there's a slot and a peg going into the floor beneath the wheel?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ah, I saw it wrong. I thought that was dude on the ground but this block is already 50ft in the air. Thanks.