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Ancient Roman water supply diagram (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

now i want to know how they drilled so deep, vertically and horizontally.

[–] [email protected] 74 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

They were very good at sinking shafts. Roman engineering and mining was top of the line. An appalling callousness towards slave and worker casualties incurred in the process helped.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Very cool. I would of thought they used something like the archeamedas screw (oof I butchered his name. Still drinking coffee. Too lazy to Google correct spelling).

Excellent post, Pug

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Funny enough, they did use Archimedes' Screw in mining - mostly to pump out water though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Very true, good catch