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Archimedes screw

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See under Archimedes, Compound, Foot, etc.

See also: Screw



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The unit consists of a box beam that spans the silo and forms an access tunnel to the mechanical parts and an archimedes screw suspended underneath.
In Waterway Play, children can build and race boats, create bumps and bubbles, crank fans, activate a lighthouse beacon and fog horn, raise and lower a drawbridge, test their boats in water currents, turn an Archimedes screw to activate the water wheel, and play at the Jumping Jet Landing Pool and the Tide Pool.
 
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