 | | Interesting idea for boats/towns/train layouts: Falkirk Wheel
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| The Union Canal in Scotland has a pretty interesting lock mechanism for moving boats between two levels, called the Falkirk Wheel. Here's an animation to show it off: (URL) Boats move between the top and bottom levels via the wheel. More images are (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Interesting idea for boats/towns/train layouts: Falkirk Wheel
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| (...) That's insane! The website also mentioned that to get boats to the wheel they also had to build the aqueduct and a tunnel. A canal tunnel. Wow. Rick Clark (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Interesting idea for boats/towns/train layouts: Falkirk Wheel
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| (...) Insane, but very very cool. (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Interesting idea for boats/towns/train layouts: Falkirk Wheel
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| (...) The wheel is amazing, but canal tunnels have been around for centuries. To get through them you had to un-hitch the (URL) horse> or turn off your steam engine. You then had to have two people lie on their side on a plank across the middle of (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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