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This work introduces the figure of Juanelo Turriano, his works and historical legacy. The main work developed by Juanelo was the hydraulic mechanism, placed in the Spanish ancient city of Toledo. The purpose of this mechanism was to provide a clean water supply to the city. Taking advantage of the study of Juanelo’s main work, an analysis about the evolution of the hydraulic mechanisms, which replaced Juanelo’s, and the possibilities for future developments is carried out. This study analyze the implementation of a pumping group, fueled by the energy generated by a turbine, thus it uses the power generated by the water flow through the Tajo River. This update draw from the same principles and premise, it also have a similar purpose and gets a similar result tailored to the new hydraulic urban requirements. Despite of hosting a similar population, the present city of Toledo has increased enormously its water requirements.
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Hernández-Torres, J.A., Rodríguez-Pérez, A.M., Caparrós-Mancera, J.J. (2022). An Historical Review and Upload of Juanelo Turriano’s Mechanism in Toledo. In: Ceccarelli, M., López-García, R. (eds) Explorations in the History and Heritage of Machines and Mechanisms. HMM 2022. History of Mechanism and Machine Science, vol 40. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98499-1_4
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