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Hi, we were there 5 years ago. Very impressive engineering.
It was a cloudy day and photos were not great.

Hope you make it to Scotland someday soon.
JimB
 
(quoted from post at 16:48:45 04/02/14)
(quoted from post at 16:19:42 04/02/14) Whassit do???
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Looks like it transfers barges from higher elevations to lower elevations
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If that's what it does, it seems like an awful lot of power and risk compared to a lock and letting gravity do the work. Must be more to it than that.
 
Since the canal boats are floating in the water the weight on both ends is always equal. No matter what the boat weighs it always displaces it weight in water. As long as the water levels are equal in both ends the weights will also be equal. Because it always remains balanced it takes very little power to operate.
 
(quoted from post at 06:13:12 04/03/14) Since the canal boats are floating in the water the weight on both ends is always equal. No matter what the boat weighs it always displaces it weight in water. As long as the water levels are equal in both ends the weights will also be equal. Because it always remains balanced it takes very little power to operate.
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Huh. Well, now that I think about it, it makes sense. I stand corrected!
 
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