The Roman Water Machine

A Roman water machine in action at The Ancient Technology Centre, Cranborne, Dorset. Visit www.ancienttechnologycentre.co... to learn more.
This machine is a replica based on evidence of a bucket chain mechanism found in London and dated to the early second century A.D.
The machine is one possible interpretation of a mechanism that may have driven the excavated bucket chain. The original bucket chain was discovered at the bottom of a deep well (eastern well) during excavations at 20-30 Gresham Street in London. It is believed that the water from the well supplied the Roman bath house at Cheapside, around 400 metres away.
Built by the Museum of London, and McCurdy & Co. in 2002, the water machine became the focus for a Time Team special which is still being repeated. The machine was donated to the ATC by the museum of London in 2010.
We have modified the main drive wheel with fruit-wood "shoes" that bear the weight of the chains. We have also installed a counter on the windlass gear to record the volume of water moved.

[@OUigot]

Lol! The guy was the only one pushing, 3 girls were just holding the bar.

[@MrRedsjack]

Only the guy is pushing XD

[@kinggooktheautistickingewg788]

Perfect allegory for who actually runs civilization.

[@discarded1669]

@@kinggooktheautistickingewg788 based👌

[@Del350K4]

It´s mellowed nicely; when Time Team first built it there was a lot of stark new wood and iron. It was impressive to see how the archaeologists managed to piece together the design from a few pieces of timber and some heavily-rusted scraps of iron. Now it looks superb, as if it were hundreds of years old : )

[@turbinesafe9968]

Del350K4

[@Sean_Coyne]

The teeth in the cogwheels would likely have been made from hornbeam, as it's also used in wind and water mills as well as cart axles.

[@user-gc1hg9sp9k]

I got random recommendation from YT, still cool thou

[@ZackWilliamsPANCAKE]

Reminds me of that scene in Conan The Barbarian...

[@SuperBoobaloo]

+Zack Williams Guess I need to see that film now!

[@RCAvhstape]

In time, Conan would come to have his own kingdom, but that is another story...

[@konrad6157]

The girls: That is hard work! The guy: *dies from pushing this thing all by himself*

[@jodywhitehead9173]

I thought I was the only one who saw how lazy they are.

[@historyofcrane1777]

very good!!

[@charlesdjones1]

And that my friends is how Evian water is bottled.

[@tjwoosta]

Now use a windmill or water wheel to turn it.

[@sambooth2902]

Incredible

[@SuperBoobaloo]

Thanks!

[@mrt8944]

Man its almost 8 years...

[@michaelvinci2167]

I can't find a diagram or a look-alike nowhere on Roman crane this crane you could remove and take it apart and put it back up somewhere else with wooden pins.. please help with site link if found??

[@amidwahmerdanov240]

AzeriMichael Vinci

[@amidwahmerdanov240]

Xxc

[@WellWaterBoyProducts]

So, that's how they did it. Interesting!

[@joshuaochoa6072]

Can I use this Video for my school project?

[@SuperBoobaloo]

By all means, Joshua!

[@joshuaochoa6072]

Thanks!

[@ashaavhad6575]

🙏

[@lazydesmond8240]

The original bubbler

[@cazek445]

I believe that they would’ve used a water drill

[@Juksemakeren]

the girl in pink is not helping.

[@lkkjhtemmexv1838]

SHES A BITCH

[@PoWer-ro6ui]

@@lkkjhtemmexv1838 that's a bit of an extreme response. I take it you would volunteer to be the guy with the whip? (MOVE! You unwashed peasants! CRACK! MOVE!)

[@Sarvesvara]

where is this?

[@SuperBoobaloo]

Cranborne, Dorset, England. Check out the URL in the description.

[@juanitolua4061]

Is this the same thing in Kingdom of Heaven movie? Where Balian kinda pump water in the well?

[@dabanahmad8959]

Yeh sort of

[@moofymoo]

just imagine how many people lost their jobs when modern water pumps were invented.

[@xfactor139]

Lol Slaves likely did this work

[@asbestosfibers1325]

Jobs? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!

[@gurnamsingh9813]

Same method we saw in india 30 year ago.

[@DBT1007]

For India, they're more like.. Use the invention of muslim inventor. Ismail Al Jazari. India was a part of muslim empire

[@stevemiller6766]

Time team assists the building of this machine in London kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKOqhWina6iYeJI

[@zahirhussain5913]

It is al jazari machine.

[@kangakid5984]

Well if you want running water...you have to pay for it

[@orange70383]

Wow I can just imagine the romans lifting in place the 80 ton blocks of granite, oh wait sorry my mistake I mean 80 pound buckets of horse plop.

[@lquinn7212]

Do they have to wear those kind of clothes and act that way?

[@herbertulayao3116]

Ang mga apo ni Ronie/

[@DasPoop2012]

Ancient? Introduce that in sub Sahara Africa...

[@fightfannerd2078]

Lol

[@abhishukla101]

😂lol

[@SkyhanViper]

it looks like copy paste of rehat irrigation from india

[@firstnamelastname-kr8dv]

Fat hobbit does all the pushing Skinny hobbits is lazy

[@shawndeagan7457]

This existed in Nubia before Rome invaded Egypt. It had bigger wheeled then this contraption.

[@shawndeagan7457]

@Carlo Canti No. Chinese knew how to use differential gears before Europeans. The knew water wheels for a long time and had gears in them. The water wheel turns out to be present in North Africa before it was Middle Eastern. Egypt and other cities below had it before Mesopotamia. Wikipedia is not always right.

[@shawndeagan7457]

@Carlo Canti No. Greeks did not invent anything. Stop using racist false history. No sources claim that. Eurocentrism has not been proven. China had separate civilization s but did many things before Europe.

[@shawndeagan7457]

@Carlo Canti Greeks have the least inventions compared to India, China and Mesopotamia! Waterwheels were present in India before Indian Bactria. In other words ruled by Greeks.

[@shawndeagan7457]

@Carlo Canti Fucking idiot. Trying to argue with me abd claim Greeks invented everything. All of the inventions you listed were not made by Greeks fool. I hope this nonsense is not a copy paste from Stormfront! You should be ashamed by your beliefs! You will be shattered by the truth about your race!

[@shawndeagan7457]

@Carlo Canti Achimedes claw was not invented by him. It was made by Assyrians for construction. Achemides attributes few things to himself. The rest he does is hard to take his word for.

[@amitpandeysg2]

They steal this technic from india.

[@jacobkurtzenberg6570]

And the Indians stole the technology from Alexander the Great when he conquered near their borders. The use of simple physics machines originated from Greeks.

[@damiano1174]

Amit Pandey no , sakya was Greek

[@MrRedsjack]

Roman water systems were better than water systems in india today to be honest. 🤣

[@moofymoo]

...and Alexander was an alien, and he stole this forbidden technology from Temple of Enginering at Home World and therefore he had to hide and run to Earth.

[@fightfannerd2078]

Indians never invented anything