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Dale

check out this boat lift, now this is cool! http://www.thefalkirkwheel.co.uk/index.asp?tm=6

Matt Clina

Amazing

And it only uses 1.5kW of power.

Mike T., Swampeast MO

Good Old Archimedes!

Wouldn't surprise me if the ancients had something similar.

jerry scharf_3

thanks and WOW

"capable of lifting 600 tonnes 115 ft in 4 minutes." Doesn't depend on waterflow from upper to lower. The comparison to 11 locks is just amazing.

Thanks for the post.

jerry

Jimmy Gillies

It's good to see.

We took the kids there last year it's great. It's good to see that we can still build things like the 'Wheel' here in Scotland.

Ofcourse the kids looked for two minute and then started looking round for the 'Theme Park'!!

The canal system is also great and serves to remind you of the days when everything was manufactured here in the UK and not China?

Kind regards.
Jimmy Gillies (Scotland)

ScottMP

Truely amazing

A friend of mine sent me photos of this a few months back. I could'nt see those photos on the link, maybe I missed them.

Its too bad because they were Great photos of the this marvel of engineering.

Scott

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Dale

I got the photos

The photos came as an email attachment and they are great. Taking the boat into the higher bucket must be a heart stopper the first time. If you email me I'll forward my original to you or anyone else. I just didn't want to tie up Dan's site.

Dale

Thanks Jimmy

Your country should be proud of this one, what a great design. Fuctional and great to look at. How long does it take to travel the canal east to west? If I ever visit Scotland that will be something I'll do. Some of the people I've showed this to said it would be a good way to keep evasive species out of a water system, since the "bucket" is a reasonable volume of water to treat.

Jimmy Gillies

Dale.

Sorry Dale, I'm ashamed to say I don't know what time it would take to travel east to west on the canals. I do know a little about the Crinan canal on the west coast of Scotland, in Argyll. There's lots of canals in the UK and many tour opperators with boats going along them.
I'm not sure about evasive species in the water, I do know I would not drink any water from a canal!!
Kind regards.
Jimmy.

BillW@honeywell

You can charter a canal boat...

and run it yourself! Two friends of mine have done it and swear it was the most wonderful vacation they ever had. They both voyaged on canals in England. I don't know anyone who has toured the Scotland Canals, but I bet the scenery is great. Slow-paced and ever-changing scenery, history, pubs every few kilometers; it doesn't get any better than that!

Jim Bennett

Check this one also

http://www.boldts.net/album/Peterborough-Lift-Lock.shtml

and this:
http://www.mousehouse.com/mickey/Canada2/BigChute/BigChute.html

Amazing!

Jim

Bob Gagnon plumbing and heating

6 miles of canals

in my fine city, Lowell Ma. they are just starting to clean them up, and hopefully use them more. bob

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Jimmy Gillies

Yes Bill,

I do know you can charter a 'Narrow Boat' on the canal, well the English ones anyway. Sorry, I'm not sure about in Scotland. I would think the Calidonian canal would be one of the best for the good veiws, and I think you could charter there also??

If you ''google'' canals.co.uk I'm sure you'll get some info. Sorry, I'm not up on canals, I grow up on the west coast of Scotland by the sea with lots of mountains and Lochs, not locks.

Sorry I've not been much help.
Kind regards.
Jimmy the landluber......

P.S. We are going to get a good summer here in the UK so you MUST visit.