machines
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| Herculaneum | Julio-Claudian | Italy | *Maiuri (1958) suggested hand drawing a small amount of water at the ground level however the major supply was done by a tread-wheel driven bucket chain at second floor. * Lead pipes was carried water from a series of cistern to the heating tanks and cold plunge * Casa dell albergo a private house in the town driven water from a wheel. | Her-Bc1 | Herculaneum | Bc1 | 145 | Herculaneum | bucket-chain | to lift water for “Terme del Foro” |
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| Nemi 1 | Italy | two bucket-chain pumps with cranks and flywheels (inaccurate restoration) | Nem1-Bc | Nemi 1 | 175 | second quarter of I (I AD-II AD) | Nemi 1 | bucket-chain | drain the bilge |
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| Hermoupolis 1 | Egypt | it was located in the centre of the temple “Touna el Gebel” *the water was provided by an adjacent well served by two well pulleys (?) and a gear driven pot garland or bucket-chain a ground level fountain was driven by a chain containers turned by a saqiya gear. * two machines were required here due to the great depth of the well (88m) | Heris-Bc2 | Hermoupolis 1 | Bc2 | 146 | I BC-II BC? | Hermoupolis 1 | bucket-chain | to fill the fountain basin |
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| Cyrene (Libya) | Graeco-Roman | Lybia | Ritual bath was connected to female worship of Artemis, there is a shaft which opens on a rock-cut water-tunnel fed by springs. bucket-chain installation (probably it turned by treading a vertical wheel? the rock-cut chambers seems to be Hellenistic, replacement during the empire by means of maintenance | Cyrene | Cyrene (Libya) | 227 | IV BC-Roman | Cyrene (Libya) | bucket-chain | the cistern was served by a bucket-chain in the shaft |
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| Pompeii 2 (Terme Stabiane) | Roman | Italy | nstallation for tread-wheel-driven bucket chain , possibly geared the northeast shaft wall is heavily encrusted with lime deposited by water lifted within it. | Pom2-Bc1 | Pompeii 2 (Terme Stabiane) | 162 | II BC-early I BC | Pompeii 2 (Terme Stabiane) | bucket-chain |
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| Pompeii 4 (Terme del foro) | Roman | Italy | Installation for a tread-wheel driven bucket-chain date: Ca 80 BC lime incrustation along the walls of the well | Pom4-Bc3 | Pompeii 4 (Terme del foro) | 165 | I BC | Pompeii 4 (Terme del foro) | bucket-chain | providing water for a bath |
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| Barzan | Roman | France | gearing, wood of a bucket chain found http://archeovision.cnrs.fr/pdf/vr03_pdf/03_coadic.pdf | Bar-Bc | Barzan | 168 | 149-166 | Barzan | bucket-chain |
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| Saalburg | Roman | Germany | The buckets and pulleys were foung, most likely were in use for raising water from the wells (at least 99 wells were excavated). | Bad Homburg | buckets and pulleys | I-II AD | Saalburg | bucket-chain | raise water from a well |
Bad HomburgBad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hesse |
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| Cosa 2 | Roman | Italy | two stages of a bucket-chain driven by a human-powered saqiya gear | Cosa 2 | Cosa 2 | 226 | first quarter of I BC and second half of I AD | Cosa 2 | bucket-chain |
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| Cosa 1 | Roman | Italy | Acropolis baths elevated cistern, shaft, and water channel strongly suggests the presence of a bucket-chain installation? | Cosa 1 | Cosa 1 (Italy) | 225 | Ca 150-125 BC | Cosa 1 | bucket-chain | to lift water for the baths |
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| Londinium (London) | Roman | United Kingdom | two water lifting machine at Gresham Street (GHT00) 1)possibly the one built in about AD63, was a chain of buckets operated by a simple treadwheel (it may have been operated by a geared shaft that was powered by animals) 2)Ironwork found in the cistern formed part of a sturdy bucket chain mechanism from AD110, similarity with Vitruvius one as a double iron chain (duplex ferrea catena). the ironwork suggest that the system was operated either by man power or animal power. | GHT00 | Londinium (London) | GHT00 | 167 | I AD-II AD | Londinium (London) | bucket-chain | for a Roman bath |
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| Rio tinto (Minas de Rio Tinto) | Roman | Spain | Bucket from a bucket-chain (probably incorrect)? a globular, round-bottomed bronze bowl found in the Rio Tinto mines as a container from a chain of buckets of the type described by Vitruvius | RioT-Bc | Rio tinto (Minas de Rio Tinto) | 160 | I AD | Rio tinto (Minas de Rio Tinto) | bucket-chain | draining water |
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| Ampurias (Empúries ) | Roman | Spain | a bucket chain for lifting water for a Roman bath | Ampu-Bc | Ampurias (Empúries ) | 161 | I AD | Ampurias (Empúries ) | bucket-chain | providing water for a Roman bath |
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| Naukratis (Egypt) | Imperial? | Egypt | Representation of tread-wheel-driven bucket-chain? a small terracotta (?) relief was found in a well | Nauk-Bc | Naukratis (Egypt) | 174 | I AD | Naukratis (Egypt) | bucket-chain | raise water from a well |
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