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HUMAN-POWERED DRIVETreadwheel / koło deptakowe
Workers walked inside large wooden treadwheels to power the hoist.
The model is an educational reconstruction.
A harbour machine that moved the Baltic world. A hands-on study of medieval treadwheel power.
Workers walked inside large wooden treadwheels to power the hoist.
The model is an educational reconstruction.
Ideal kinematic relationship: Δθ = −Δh / r. Load overload blocks upward travel; travel stops are enforced.
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 ↗