Really cool engineering.

[skippyclese]

I told people about this the other day and then completely forgot to post the link. The mechanism transfers boats and barges between the two canals, which are 115 ft apart in elevation. Yes, elevation. It uses, "roughly the equivalent power needed to boil eight kettles of water."

Comments

[zihuatanejo]

I've saw that from a train and could not figure out what the hell it was. Mystery solved.

Make with the stabby stabby tonight?

[skippyclese]

Stabby, stabby!

[pallasathene82]

Worky worky :-(

[pallasathene82]

That's just shiny.

[luciab]

That is just way too cool. I want one.