Falkirk Wheel

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edited September 2009 in The Clubhouse
Hello,
I have friends who are touring Scotland and are visiting the Falkirk Wheel, really an amazing engineering feat:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel
Regards, Ken
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited September 2009
    Wow; never heard of this. What an incredible design!
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited September 2009
    That's wild!
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited September 2009
    Bah! I have TWO of them in my backyard! :p
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited September 2009
    That is quite awesome!!!
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited September 2009
    That's awesome!! I'd like to see that myself someday.

    It's amazing what mankind can engineer, and amazing how much that ability has advanced. Could you imagine going back even 100 years and telling someone that we'd have things like that someday? They'd think you were insane...lol
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited September 2009
    that is so cool !
    incredible design and engineering.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited September 2009
    Falkrikwheelanimationmedium.gif
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited September 2009
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    That's awesome!! I'd like to see that myself someday.

    It's amazing what mankind can engineer, and amazing how much that ability has advanced. Could you imagine going back even 100 years and telling someone that we'd have things like that someday? They'd think you were insane...lol

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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,792
    edited September 2009
    Jstas wrote: »
    Bah! I have TWO of them in my backyard! :p
    ...and I've seen them there....beautiful things they are.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,788
    edited September 2009
    That video is actually slowed down to enable you to see how it operates.

    The wheel actually rotates at 1750 rpm (single phase) or 5250 rpm (three phase).
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