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
RE:
"Jean-Marc V. Liotier" skrev i meddelandet
news:pan.2003.11.13.10.35.06.394577@free.fr...
> 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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