Medieval Crane.

By Alex in Everything Else on Nov 13, 2006 at 6:23 pm

How did they lift the huge stones to build the cathedral hundreds of years ago, before the invention of the crane?

Jeffrey Martin took this VR photo of a replica of a medieval crane, built without power tools (or even screws or nails!), which is now used to replace statues on a cathedral in Prague.

Link – Thanks Jeffrey!

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Collin
Nov 13th, 2006 at 6:35 pm
Very cool.
dead_red_eyes
Nov 13th, 2006 at 9:28 pm
WOW. Seconded.
Bill Mc Millen
Jun 17th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
I have built a small scale model of a Medieval crane and now in the process of building one on a smaller scale than the first complete with scale limestone block wall under construction

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