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Hi!
Does anyone know what this thing is? It looks like a giant wooden corkscrew and is inside the Ribat in Sousse, Tunisia. http://herrhagen.net/pictures/sousse2/02.html It looks like something to help lift heavy objects with or some torture equipment... Does anyone know for sure? Thanks, Jon |
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On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:35:40 +0000, Jon wrote:
Hi! Does anyone know what this thing is? It looks like a giant wooden corkscrew and is inside the Ribat in Sousse, Tunisia. http://herrhagen.net/pictures/sousse2/02.html It looks like something to help lift heavy objects with or some torture equipment... Does anyone know for sure? While traveling in Tunisia, didn't you notice a few (millions) olive trees on the countryside ? This piece of wood is part of the hand press from an olive oil mill. The large beam is embedded in an alcove with the screw going vertically through it. The screw is used to guide the part that actually presses the olives that have been previously milled. The resulting oil needs some filtering and it is then fit for consumption. This design is in use in many places around the Mediterranean. For more details : http://lorgues.free.fr/moulins11.html http://www.provenceweb.fr/83/centre-var/moulins/doc.htm The explanations are in French, but the pictures should be explanation enough. |
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On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:35:40 +0000, Jon wrote:
Hi! Does anyone know what this thing is? It looks like a giant wooden corkscrew and is inside the Ribat in Sousse, Tunisia. http://herrhagen.net/pictures/sousse2/02.html It looks like something to help lift heavy objects with or some torture equipment... Does anyone know for sure? While traveling in Tunisia, didn't you notice a few (millions) olive trees on the countryside ? This piece of wood is part of the hand press from an olive oil mill. The large beam is embedded in an alcove with the screw going vertically through it. The screw is used to guide the part that actually presses the olives that have been previously milled. The resulting oil needs some filtering and it is then fit for consumption. This design is in use in many places around the Mediterranean. For more details : http://lorgues.free.fr/moulins11.html http://www.provenceweb.fr/83/centre-var/moulins/doc.htm The explanations are in French, but the pictures should be explanation enough. |
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Hi!
It looks like something to help lift heavy objects with or some torture equipment... Does anyone know for sure? While traveling in Tunisia, didn't you notice a few (millions) olive trees on the countryside ? This piece of wood is part of the hand press from an olive oil mill. Thanks - I can see from your drawing exactly how it works! I have been sort of wondering about that "cork screw" since I got back. I'll update the page and give you a link. Thanks again, Jon |
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Hi again,
I put your explaination up along with your name and URL - let me know if you want me to change anything. http://herrhagen.net/pictures/sousse2/02.html Thanks, Jon "Jean-Marc V. Liotier" skrev i meddelandet news On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:35:40 +0000, Jon wrote: Hi! Does anyone know what this thing is? It looks like a giant wooden corkscrew and is inside the Ribat in Sousse, Tunisia. http://herrhagen.net/pictures/sousse2/02.html It looks like something to help lift heavy objects with or some torture equipment... Does anyone know for sure? While traveling in Tunisia, didn't you notice a few (millions) olive trees on the countryside ? This piece of wood is part of the hand press from an olive oil mill. The large beam is embedded in an alcove with the screw going vertically through it. The screw is used to guide the part that actually presses the olives that have been previously milled. The resulting oil needs some filtering and it is then fit for consumption. This design is in use in many places around the Mediterranean. For more details : http://lorgues.free.fr/moulins11.html http://www.provenceweb.fr/83/centre-var/moulins/doc.htm The explanations are in French, but the pictures should be explanation enough. |
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On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 12:41:18 +0000, Jon wrote:
Hi again, I put your explaination up along with your name and URL - let me know if you want me to change anything. http://herrhagen.net/pictures/sousse2/02.html That's fine with me ! |
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On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:35:17 +0100, Jean-Marc V. Liotier wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:35:40 +0000, Jon wrote: Does anyone know what this thing is? It looks like a giant wooden corkscrew and is inside the Ribat in Sousse, Tunisia. http://herrhagen.net/pictures/sousse2/02.html http://www.provenceweb.fr/83/centre-var/moulins/doc.htm There is also an English translation I had not noticed. http://www.provenceweb.fr/83/centre-...traditions.htm I guess most of the readers of this newsgroup will prefer that one... |
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Thanks for posting this. It's only 7:00 in the morning and already I've
learned something today. Scott Elliot http://www3.telus.net/selliot/ "Jean-Marc V. Liotier" wrote in message news On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:35:17 +0100, Jean-Marc V. Liotier wrote: On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:35:40 +0000, Jon wrote: Does anyone know what this thing is? It looks like a giant wooden corkscrew and is inside the Ribat in Sousse, Tunisia. http://herrhagen.net/pictures/sousse2/02.html http://www.provenceweb.fr/83/centre-var/moulins/doc.htm There is also an English translation I had not noticed. http://www.provenceweb.fr/83/centre-...traditions.htm I guess most of the readers of this newsgroup will prefer that one... |
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