Sometimes amazing gadgets are out of necessity rather than desire. In Scotland, they have two boat canals that are vertically separated by nearly 80 feet. While they used to use locks similar to the Panama canal, they decided to engineer a better, faster system, and built a one of a kind boat lift wheel to solve the problem. This massive project uses over 1200 tons of steel to lift over 500 tons of water and boats, but using some of the same engineering and science concepts we learn about in school. |
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October 2019
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