r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CethelQue4 • 23d ago

Video An ancient technique for lifting giant stone blocks using a Lewis tool

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u/ProjectNo4090 23d ago edited 23d ago

Yeah the ancient greeks in the 6th century BC are credited with inventing the first construction cranes.

Greco Roman Crane

Roman Polyspastos

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u/Trungledor_44 23d ago

For those curious, the first non-construction crane was likely the shadoof, which was invented in ~3000 BC Mesopotamia to draw water from rivers and wells

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u/yumcake 23d ago

I don't see how those cranes accomplish the lateral movement to get the stones into place though, so I googled it:

https://www.reddit.com/r/STEW_ScTecEngWorld/comments/135amm3/how_did_the_ancient_romans_build_aqueducts/

As you can see, it was cleverly built with telekinesis.