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Medieval construction crane (lemmy.world)

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[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is it just me or should he be walking in the other direction to lift that stone up?

[–] gnu@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago

Depends whether you think it has the rope coming in on the far side (to the viewer) or the near side. If it's wrapping from the far side then old mate is raising the block, otherwise he's lowering it. The picture is ambiguous enough that it could be seen either way IMO.