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My remote controlled air brake actuator.

I built this as a side project for work, because we got lucky and caught a failing air brake component because someone was under it and saw it shift - So I made this so we can do a better job inspecting the brakes.

u/LordVortigus — 24 hours ago

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A hydropowered scoopwheel used by the ancient Romans at the Rio Tinto mines in Spain. To remove water from deep underground mines, the Romans used no less than 16 wheels working in pairs and stacked above one another. The wheels could lift water from 80 meters below the surface

u/Suspicious-Slip248 — 6 days ago

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Seattle's Big Bertha Tunnel Boring Machine Slow Motion

u/Spare_Worldliness_64 — 6 days ago

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Old steam locomotive currently in service

u/TheFantasticFuture — 9 days ago