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Twenty-one electric winches were installed on Ford Island, anchored in concrete foundations. They operated in unison. They operated in unison. Each winch pulled about 20 short tons (18 metric tons) by a wire operated through a block system which gave an advantage of seventeen, for a total pull of 21×20×17, or 7,140 short tons (6,480 metric tons).
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The Roman Polyspaston crane, from Ancient Greek πολύσπαστον (polúspaston, “compound pulley”), when worked by four men at both sides of the winch, could lift 3000 kg. In case the winch was replaced by a treadwheel, the maximum load even doubled to 6000 kg at only half the crew, since the treadwheel possesses a much bigger ...
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His device kept a cable suspended between the two ships taut, with a quick-release hook that could travel up and down the line with the use of a winch. [4] The first test of the device involved the collier Marcellus and battleship Massachusetts. [5] The Royal Navy embarked on more extensive trials in 1901, and achieved a rate of 19 tons per hour.
Thousands of boxes littering Union Pacific train tracks in downtown Los Angeles attest to a wave of rail thefts that have taken place in recent months, and have worsened supply chain bottlenecks.
President Biden is set to give remarks Friday honoring American veterans and their families a day before the 83rd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Biden is attending a special live ...