Falkirk Wheel – Raise Ye Boat Highlander

by RumHead on July 2, 2009

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Problem. You have a canal system that runs through your country, transporting people and goods. At one point in the system you need a lock that can lift your boats 24 meters – gulp. Time to put down yer whiskey and wake up the brain cells. There’s engineering to be done man! CLICK FOR FULL STORY AND MORE PICS.

Not to poo on their engineering feat, but doesn’t it look like it should spin the other way?

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Bonafide July 3, 2009 at 1:55 pm

Outrageously cool engineering project but I still can’t figure the practical necessity for this limited access canal.

And to think, we waste all our lottery profits on crazy stuff like educating the next generation;)
M&K

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