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Re: Interesting idea for boats/towns/train layouts: Falkirk Wheel
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Tue, 10 Aug 2004 19:07:27 GMT
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In lugnet.boats, Rick Clark wrote:
   In lugnet.boats, Robert Fries wrote:
   The Union Canal in Scotland has a pretty interesting lock mechanism for moving boats between two levels, called the Falkirk Wheel.

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

Insane, but very very cool.





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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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(...) 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)

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