Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Roman water wells

The people of Ancient Rome used pulleys to pull water from deep under the ground.
Evey body needs water to survive.
To use this pulley they would have turned a handle which made the rope pull the bucket up.
They then empty the bucket before lowering again. This is a very simple and old system that works very well. It would have looked like this.

By Renee  Booth

2 comments:

Room 3 2013 said...

Wow what fantastic work .

Jan Pickett said...

What an interesting topic you have chosen. This pulley would have made lifting a heavy bucket a lot easier.
Well done

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