Pulley Block Collection

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926

Means by which the large blocks of travertine and marble were lifted... 1756-57
Means by which the large blocks of travertine and marble were lifted during the construction of the large Tomb of Caecilia Metella, known today as Capo di Bove, 1756-57

The Blockmaker, late 19th-early 20th century. Creator: Edgar Melville Ward
The Blockmaker, late 19th-early 20th century

Deck of a Warship, ca. 1833. Creator: CW Eckersberg
Deck of a Warship, ca. 1833

Splicing the Cable (after the First Accident) on Board the Great Eastern, July 25th, 1865, 1865-66

Sawing timber, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Sawing timber, 1941. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

The shipping of mules, Syros Island, Greece, 1937. Artist: Martin Hurlimann
The shipping of mules, Syros Island, Greece, 1937. Illustration from Das Mittelmeer: Landschaft, Baukunst und Volksleben im Kreise des Mittellandischen Meeres, a work on Mediterranean architecture

The Queens Visit to Cherbourg - Piping Hands to Man Yards, 1858. Royal visit to France by Queen Victoria. Illustration from the Illustrated London News, (7 August 1858)

Hydraulic machine IV, 1678. Artist: Athanasius Kircher
Hydraulic machine IV, 1678. A plate from Mundus Subterraneus, Amsterdam, 1678. Found in the collection of Jean-Claude Carriere

Raising a slab of stone using a block-and-tackle mechanism, 1620. Copperplate engraving of a treadmill powered by men lifting a slab of stone using a block and tackle

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