In France, a man walks on what can only be described as a human-sized hamster wheel. The wheel moves around and around, as the man keeps walking. What is he doing? He is lifting a heavy object to the top of a tower the same way workers moved such objects 800 years ago. In the 13th century, workers did not have the 100-meter tall cranes they now use to build tall buildings. So they had to be creative and come up with simple machines to get their work done. The man on the large wheel is walking at a reasonable speed. The wheel turns and pulls a rope connected to a pulley at the top of the tower. Another rope tied to the pulley lifts supplies from the ground. This is just one way skilled craftsmen are building a 13th-century castle without using modern tools. Crews have been working on the castle since 1997.
Title: Modern Builders Construct French Castle the Old-Fashioned Way
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1444/French_Castle.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Modern Builders Construct French Castle the Old-Fashioned Way' data-article-id='1946'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8729'>In France, a man walks on what can only be described as a human-sized hamster wheel.</span> <span data-start-time='8729' data-end-time='15063'>The wheel moves around and around, as the man keeps walking.</span> <span data-start-time='15063' data-end-time='17958'>What is he doing?</span> <span data-start-time='17958' data-end-time='30104'>He is lifting a heavy object to the top of a tower the same way workers moved such objects 800 years ago.</span> <span data-start-time='30104' data-end-time='41771'>In the 13th century, workers did not have the 100-meter tall cranes they now use to build tall buildings.</span> <span data-start-time='41771' data-end-time='49625'>So they had to be creative and come up with simple machines to get their work done.</span> <span data-start-time='49625' data-end-time='56021'>The man on the large wheel is walking at a reasonable speed.</span> <span data-start-time='56021' data-end-time='63958'>The wheel turns and pulls a rope connected to a pulley at the top of the tower.</span> <span data-start-time='63958' data-end-time='70500'>Another rope tied to the pulley lifts supplies from the ground.</span> <span data-start-time='70500' data-end-time='81021'>This is just one way skilled craftsmen are building a 13th-century castle without using modern tools.</span> <span data-start-time='81021' data-end-time='86646'>Crews have been working on the castle since 1997.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1444/French_Castle.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=7414 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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