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What is that interesting thing, Chookie?

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

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.

is that the Falkirk wheel?

booradley;694040 wrote: is that the Falkirk wheel?


Yup.

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

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.

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.

Wow, thats quite a statement for construction

cool

Patsy

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.