Ever seen this before?

Chookie · Post by **Chookie** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:48 pm

There is only one, so I doubt many of you have.

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RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:55 pm

What is that interesting thing, Chookie?

I can see there's a tram on it but I've never seen it before.

Chookie · Post by **Chookie** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:18 pm

That's not a tram - that's a narrow boat built for passenger use.

What you're actually looking at is a boat lift.

It's where two canals would intersect if one of them wasn't around a hundred feet higher than the other. The eastern end of the Union canal is at the top of the slope you see there and I was standing at the side of the Forth and Clyde canal.

booradley · Post by **booradley** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:21 pm

is that the Falkirk wheel?

Chookie · Post by **Chookie** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:44 pm

booradley;694040 wrote: is that the Falkirk wheel?

Yup.

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:47 pm

Oh! I've never heard of such a thing. How cool. I will look this up. Thanks!

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:48 pm

It's obviously a well earned reputation the Scots have for engineering. I've been on a few locks on English canals, nothing like that.. wow. In the Australian Murray River system they use locks too. Really interesting.

http://www2.mdbc.gov.au/river_murray/ri ... design.htm

As for poging yer hon, Chookie, a girl has standards. Do you speak Scottish Gaelic??

Ciamar a tha thu? grin. I looked that up. I have some knowledge of Irish and would have understood that if I'd heard it, but it's spelled differently in Irish.

Chookie · Post by **Chookie** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:34 pm

AussiePam;694063 wrote: As for poging yer hon, Chookie, a girl has standards.

Standards? Honoured you should be to get the chance.

AussiePam;694063 wrote: Do you speak Scottish Gaelic??

Tha, ach cha robh ur-labhairt.

AussiePam;694063 wrote: Ciamar a tha thu?

Tha mi breagh, agus co ciamar thusa?

AussiePam;694063 wrote: I looked that up. I have some knowledge of Irish and would have understood that if I'd heard it, but it's spelled differently in Irish.

It doesn't sound that much different.

Patsy Warnick · Post by **Patsy Warnick** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:50 pm

Wow, thats quite a statement for construction

cool

Patsy

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:35 pm

I wanted to see how this thing operates and of course it's on YouTube! :wah:

Time lapse version:

Real time version:

I think this is very cool and I'm glad Chookie posted it.