Re: Transport(something new)

[Jevan Furmanski <furmansj@expert.cc.purdue.edu>]

These things are specifically left over tech from the move from the other
planet (the tech pumps, etc.)  so they have little bearing (forgive the
geek pun) on current Jearn Engineering.

Jevan

On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, Sean L. McLane wrote:

> > From steve@ns1.cioe.com Thu Oct 29 08:27:24 1998
> > Subject: Re: Transport(something new)
> >
> > Lost Karfelon had a huge waterpump for the hole city. It was called
> > the "big screw" because it had slaves turning a screw which drew water
> > from Lake Alfrego into a big, elevated, watershed which in turn gravity
> > fed into the cities pipes. The temple of Ra spent a great deal of time
> > making sure the whole thing worked as advertised.
> >
> > We also have the concepts of propellers and pedal powered devices.
> >
> > 						-Steve
> >
> 
> There have also been rocket powered gliders, and there was a big water clock
> on top of the big screw, I believe. I may be mistaken about its location,
> but there was a clock thower in old Karfelon. The Hippodrome also had means
> to fill it with water, then drain it again. 
> 
> Wasn't it one of the gigantic pumps that was blown up with a nuke to 
> flood the lower 2/3 of Lojem? The water was pumped out of that area behind
> the seawall to create the larger area. Building the seawal was no mean 
> engineering feat either. There were also locks which pumped water 
> to raise or lower boats coming to or from Karfelon.
> 
> Lots of examples of engineering.
> -Sean
> 
>