Iconoclast19605@alien.topB to Architecture Porn@sfw.communityEnglish · 1 year agoSaint Patrick’s Well, Orvieto, Italyalien.topimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up119
arrow-up119imageSaint Patrick’s Well, Orvieto, Italyalien.topIconoclast19605@alien.topB to Architecture Porn@sfw.communityEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squarenomad@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozzo_di_San_Patrizio Epic build. There is a double helix staircase around the well to enable one line of donkeys up and one down at the same time.
minus-squareHedup@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoWhy wouldn’t they have a up/down multi-bucket contraption instead? And then have only one donkey pull the wheel to power it.
minus-squarenomad@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNot sure they had those invented at the time already.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozzo_di_San_Patrizio
Epic build. There is a double helix staircase around the well to enable one line of donkeys up and one down at the same time.
Why wouldn’t they have a up/down multi-bucket contraption instead? And then have only one donkey pull the wheel to power it.
Not sure they had those invented at the time already.