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Did you know? Treadmills started out as torture devices. In 1818, a civil engineer invented the 'tread-wheel' as a way to reform convicts. Prisoners would spend… | Fun facts, Unbelievable facts, History
Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum - Talking of mills......the treadmill, as an instrument of prison discipline, was invented by William Cubitt, an inhabitant of Ipswich, Suffolk William Cubitt (1785-1861) was born at Dilham
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