The cart
Louki
This is where the Decauville type cart (with removable rails) which carried lignite out of the tunnels stopped. It emptied the material unto the ground, the sorting took place and afterwards, it was loaded straight on the ship with an overhead system. The workers pushed the carts back inside the tunnels. A smithy was also found in the area to cover the needs of the business. Lignite went out to Kalamata, Piraeus and Volos.
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Kazantzakis and the real Zorbas in Mani
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