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At the beginning there were two canals:. N9 d( r; j C/ f6 I1 A
Canal Forth and Clyde was built in 1777, between harbors Grangemouth and Falkirk connecting Glasgow with west cost of Scotland.www2.tvboxnow.com E2 q* u3 A& }/ O* G+ s
Canal Union between Falkirk and Edinburgh was finished in 1822. Because of geographical difficulties, which created a difference of 79 ft. in elevation, the two canals were connected by 11 locks.
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! C5 F; l) ` K' zIn 1963,after 150 yrs of existence of this water way with 11 locks the construction of a huge water carousel started.
8 w" _* Z6 @8 o2 `5 d+ K; G2 ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThis extraordinary idea was finished in 2002 and became a symbol of Scotland.This invention saves not only time but also energy. * c0 F& x: v; c: @
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This is the only rotational boat transporter in the world. It has two arms and each arm forms a kind of huge tub filled with water.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。$ v" H9 U" [: x0 R$ m& U$ G
Boats enter the tub, then the tub locks up and the huge arm starts rotating .公仔箱論壇1 z; D6 [% o6 q$ c" y3 E4 ]! t
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A Boat is approaching the “tub”公仔箱論壇3 v- }; f( w8 f# ?& q" K/ H
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There are boats in both “tubs” upper and lowertvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# p, O! @" y v6 c ?- d
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Boats in both rotating arms( ~: Z7 O7 t3 s& S1 T# U0 u8 a4 g
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Rotation
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Just before “landing”
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. k' f( `" a) a5 N3 H0 V3 uClosing the gate, regulation of level of water and“tubs” rotation Takes 15 min. only.
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& W4 H" t% A, |www2.tvboxnow.comOne“tub” 78 ft. long with water and boat weights about 300 tons.
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% Z8 m. a) _- B/ h# g) b( x' V" P公仔箱論壇The“tubs” are filled according the Archimedes’ Law. So the weight of “tubs” are balanced. To open the upper and lower lock and turn the whole system by 180◦they need an engine of 22.5 kW which only use 1.5 kWh
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