Flatrod system
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The flatrod system was an invention of the mining industry that enabled the mechanical movement generated by a water wheel to be transferred over short distances. It was invented in the 16th century a
Water wheel and flatrods (Aufgeklärtes Glück Mine)
Horizontal flatrod system in Pershyttan near Nora (Sweden)
Replica of the flatrod system at the Carler Teich, Clausthal-Zellerfeld
Man engine
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A man engine is a mechanism of reciprocating ladders and stationary platforms installed in mines to assist the miners' journeys to and from the working levels. It was invented in Germany in the 19th c
Flatrod system
…in Europe. The flatrod system dates to the period before the invention of the steam engine and electricity. Using flatrods it was possible to operate man engines and pumping systems, even though the water wheel in question had a rotary, not a reciprocal, motion. So that the rods could be made to move in a…
Two-rod example at the Upper Harz Mine Museum, Germany
Person on the 1837 man engine at the Samson Pit in Lower Saxony, Germany
Bottom of the man engine at the Dolcoath Mine, Cornwall
Twin-rod engine installed at the Kongens Gruve, Kongsberg, Norway