Timeline for How could the elevator at The Wall be powered?
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| Feb 6, 2019 at 20:44 | comment | added | Sarriesfan | Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight has a donkey powered wheel that powered a well.commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/… I am sure Separatix knew of this already. | |
| Feb 6, 2019 at 19:36 | comment | added | Paul Belanger | Bells are still used in lifts in modern times for communication, especially in mining. A system of rings similar to morse code is used to issue simple commands. This system can sometimes malfunction and leave people stuck at the bottom of a mine: sudbury.com/local-news/… | |
| Feb 6, 2019 at 17:51 | comment | added | WhatRoughBeast | #3 is technically called a treadmill. For what it's worth, operating a treadmill was often part of prison life, where appropriate. | |
| Feb 6, 2019 at 17:06 | comment | added | Separatrix | @Mast, springs aren't particularly good for this sort of thing | |
| Feb 6, 2019 at 17:04 | comment | added | YoungJohn | water power might be tricky (though not impossible) with: "Should work in the cold weather required to preserve an ice wall." | |
| Feb 6, 2019 at 17:02 | comment | added | Mast | How about a spring system? | |
| Feb 6, 2019 at 15:33 | history | answered | Separatrix | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
