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These are the most complex window openers I've ever seen.
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I've seen those before....usually in factories and other places with large Cathedral-height windows. As I'm sure you could guess, the one pulley opens all of the window vents at once....one wouldn't really WANT to have to climb all that way up to open or close each of those vents separately....a waste of time.
AutumnTwin@aol.com
Sat 07-16-2005
wow is all i can say wow
from under your bed
Sun 05-07-2006
I work in an old prison. The prison itself was opened in the 1890s but there was a boys reformatory there before it was a prison. All of our cell blocks still have these types of windows. As was said before one crank opens or closes all of the windows at once. However the inmates like to throw things in the cracks when the windows are open preventing them from closing all the way, and requiring frequent cleaning.
Heather
Fri 11-10-2006
Wow :o I've never seen windows like those
Cynder
Wed 08-22-2007
I've seen similar mechanisms in greenhouses.
mammabear
Mon 02-14-2011
Wow
VanessaF.
Tue 03-29-2011

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