Falkirk Wheel in Scotland
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The Falkirk Wheel lies at the end of a reinforced concrete aqueduct that connects, via the Roughcastle tunnel and a double staircase lock, to the Union Canal. Boats entering the Wheel's upper gondola are lowered, along with the water that they float in, to the basin below. At the same time, an equal weight rises up, lifted in the other gondola.
The Falkirk Wheel takes about as much energy as it would to boil about 8 kettles of water
http://www.thefalkirkwheel.co.uk/about-th...
The Falkirk Wheel takes about as much energy as it would to boil about 8 kettles of water
http://www.thefalkirkwheel.co.uk/about-th...
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