MickPt

Farol do Cabo Espichel
Espichel Lighthouse

10. Mecanismo original de rotação
10. Original rotation mechanism

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arodes December 16, 2008, 02:17 PM

Parecem os mecanismos de um relógio manual!
Muito interessante :)

ugly plus December 16, 2008, 09:04 PM

very nice, the beauty of quality :)

Volker December 17, 2008, 08:16 PM

A wonderful piece of mechanic! :-) Looks like new. Do you know how old it is?

MickPt December 19, 2008, 08:16 PM

According to this article from the portuguese navy magazine, this mechanism was installed in the lighthouse around 1886.

I am glad you like it.

Volker December 19, 2008, 11:00 PM

Looks very good for this age. Thanks for the information. :-)

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