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- noun Plural form of
lineshaft .
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For example, maybe apartment buildings could have had central steam engines and used lineshafts (like those used in factories) to deliver power to individual apartment ... washing machines, etc could have been belt-driven off of the lineshaft.
Electric Liberation, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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