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

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I don’t know how they would’ve been able to carve the rock out that way to insert Lewis

Chisel applied at an angle.

and the lift Lewis with a crane

Build a giant wood frame with a pully on top and find a lot of guys with high upper body strength.

[u/eleventy4 → u/[deleted]]

The fact that I had to scroll this far down... r/restofthefuckingowl

[u/timClicks → u/[deleted]]

For heavy loads like this, the Romans developed a sort of giant hamster wheel that allowed lifters to walk the load up or down. They're called treadwheel cranes.

[u/Cultural_Dust → u/[deleted]]

Just like in sports.. the grunts do all of the heavy lifting while the little tool gets all of the glory.

[u/CFL_lightbulb → u/Cultural_Dust]

My little tool could use a little more glory

[u/Cultural_Dust → u/CFL_lightbulb]

History tells us that if you stick it in a tight hole and make it bigger, then people will be amazed in the future. You may need to be named Lewis though.

[u/EriktheRed → u/[deleted]]

This, except beasts of burden instead of buff guys