Medieval Water Crane

sketchfab

I'm a simple human-powered medieval water crane model I designed for Foundation City-Builder. A treadwheel is an engine typically driven by humans, used in the past to raise water, power cranes, or grind grain. During the Roman period and Middle Ages, it was primarily used in building castles and cathedrals. The heavy load is lifted as the individual inside the treadwheel crane walks. This model was inspired by several images, including one found at http://www.vicnewey.co.uk/mills/mills_011.htm and another at https://www.handshouse.org/czech-crane. You can find the full mod with Lua code used for animation on mod.io: https://foundation.mod.io/water-crane. The model was originally released on Github under a GPL 3.0 Licence, which still applies to any downloads from sketchfab and can be found at https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html