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Medieval construction crane (lemmy.world)

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[–] _druid@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months 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?

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[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

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

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