banner LOW-TECH MAGAZINE Home About / Contact Subscribe Obsolete Technology High-Tech Problems Low-Tech Solutions All Articles No Tech HPP the plain version removes the extra jquery content nav « How to make your own low-tech vertical farm | Main | The status quo of electric cars: better batteries, same range » entry Halve skyscraper ENG From the earliest civilisations right up to the start of the Industrial Revolution, humans used sheer muscle power, organisation skills and ingenious mechanics to lift weights that would be impossible to handle by most power cranes in operation today. The most powerful hand crane in history multiplied the force of its operator 632 times The most common tower crane used in construction today has a lifting capacity of some 12 to 20 tonnes. For quite a few construction projects in ancient his...