faraway saint Posted March 6, 2022 Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 Just came across this on Facebook, astounding design and engineering. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rascal Posted March 6, 2022 Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 5 hours ago, faraway saint said: Just came across this on Facebook, astounding design and engineering. My favourite. How did you know? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beyond our ken Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 The Falkirk wheel is a boat-lift, not a bridge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted March 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 19 minutes ago, beyond our ken said: The Falkirk wheel is a boat-lift, not a bridge Aye? The Wheel (as it is known) is a unique lifting bridge designed to reconnect the Forth & Clyde and Union canals between Glasgow and Edinburgh in Scotland. It is the world's first rotating boat lift and the first boat lift to be built in the UK since 1875. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salmonbuddie Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 Aye? The Wheel (as it is known) is a unique lifting bridge designed to reconnect the Forth & Clyde and Union canals between Glasgow and Edinburgh in Scotland. It is the world's first rotating boat lift and the first boat lift to be built in the UK since 1875.So which is it, a bridge or a lift...or is it both? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted March 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 40 minutes ago, salmonbuddie said: So which is it, a bridge or a lift...or is it both? You decide. I see it as bridging between one bit of water to another. No really bothered TBH. 😜 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 It IS “bridging” a gap between two canal sections - to replace a flight of locks that were removed and cannot be reconstructed, due to roads and developments being built in the interim. Brilliant engineering solution! But it IS a lift. At the site, they proudly describe it as the world’s first rotating boat LIFT. also, unlike all the other examples, it is allowing traffic to utilise two stretches of water. It’s not constructed to allow traffic to cross a body of water. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beyond our ken Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 17 hours ago, faraway saint said: Aye? The Wheel (as it is known) is a unique lifting bridge designed to reconnect the Forth & Clyde and Union canals between Glasgow and Edinburgh in Scotland. It is the world's first rotating boat lift and the first boat lift to be built in the UK since 1875. your not bothered, but went looking for an obscure website to back yourself up. LUSAS made the most tenous of connections because it fitted theor need for a bit of content You go busy yourself looking for evidence to back up views you are not bothered about 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted March 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 19 minutes ago, beyond our ken said: your not bothered, but went looking for an obscure website to back yourself up. LUSAS made the most tenous of connections because it fitted theor need for a bit of content You go busy yourself looking for evidence to back up views you are not bothered about You're having ANOTHER nightmare, keep it up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Gilhooley Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 What the f**k does it matter what you call it ? 🙄 Bridge or Lift - it’s still a masterpiece of engineering 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Monster Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 What the f**k does it matter what you call it ? Bridge or Lift - it’s still a masterpiece of engineering What you getting involved for.It's both..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slarti Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 What you getting involved for.It's both.....Personally, I think it's neither. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcd54 Posted March 9, 2022 Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 It's a Brift 😂 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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