M∕S
MY SIMULATORHERITAGE OBJECT COLLECTION / 001
POLAND SERIES ● 2026
DIGITAL ARTEFACT / GDAŃSK, POLAND / 15TH CENTURY

ŻURAW / M—1444

A harbour machine that moved the Baltic world. A hands-on study of medieval treadwheel power.

COLLECTION NO.
PL—001
3D OBJECT ↗
INITIALIZING
EXTERIOR VIEW
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ŻURAW · GDAŃSKCreative reconstruction · Scale reference in metres
DRAG TO ORBIT · SCROLL TO ZOOM · SELECT MARKERS TO INSPECT
FIELD NOTE 01↗
HUMAN-POWERED DRIVE

Treadwheel / koło deptakowe

Workers walked inside large wooden treadwheels to power the hoist.

The model is an educational reconstruction.

LIVE MECHANICS 02↗
DRUM ANGLE0.0°
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HOOK SPEED0.0 cm/s
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Ideal kinematic relationship: Δθ = −Δh / r. Load overload blocks upward travel; travel stops are enforced.

HERITAGE CONTEXT 03PL
1442—44

Built on the Motława

The historic crane served Gdańsk as a harbour lifting device and fortified water gate. Its timber upperworks were destroyed in 1945 and later reconstructed.

Interpretive model, not a measured conservation replica. National Maritime Museum ↗

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