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Re: Interesting idea for boats/towns/train layouts: Falkirk Wheel
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lugnet.town
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Wed, 11 Aug 2004 08:41:54 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Chris Yoder wrote:
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In lugnet.boats, Rick Clark wrote:
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In lugnet.boats, Robert Fries wrote:
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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.
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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
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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
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 the barge and walk it through along the walls. There’s one
in Dudley if you want to give it a go...
Jason Railton
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