::: Thumbs ::: Next >> ::: Nein, nein!!!!!!!! I later find out these pulleys are for grain storage. The king required a minimum 1 yr supply of grain storage for each family at all times. In times of war, armies outside would try starvation as a ploy to break the city's defenses. Townspeople, cut off from their farms and food, could use the upstairs grain to live on for up to a yr.