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canal,ships,lift,falkirk,timelapse The Falkirk Wheel - Engineering Marvel

The Falkirk Wheel - Engineering Marvel

posted by silvercord

2 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 14403 views

tags: canal, ships, lift, falkirk, timelapse

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The Falkirk Wheel was designed to lift boats from a lower canal to an upper canal - a vertical distance of 24 meters. It does so marvelously well. Informative viddy.

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I love this thing.

written by wingnut

| 2 years 5 months 4 weeks ago | CH

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Anybody know what the music is? Me likey.

written by calvados

| 2 years 5 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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That was pretty badass. Music sounded a little like some of the LotR stuff, but I don't think it was it.

written by CrushBug | 2 years 5 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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It's hobbit music, I believe. From Lord of the Rings.

written by silvercord

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cool, thanks.

written by calvados

| 2 years 5 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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All I can think while watching this is "Will it blend?"

Faster!

written by fdisk | 2 years 5 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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Yes it's Howard Shore music, from LOTR

written by deathcow

| 2 years 5 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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It's a very elegant design. But I have to wonder what the cost justification could be for building it, in an era when canal shipping is a practically dead mode of transportation. Was this built for some kind of millennium celebration?

written by arvana

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Yes, the music is "Concerning Hobbits" by Howard Shore, from LOTR.

written by cheesemoo

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uhm, Arvana... Canal transport is cheaper than railroads, roads, air and sea shipping. What kind if transport is more economical?

written by megafly

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why the timelapse tag and animation channel? the turn was in real time.

written by dgandhi

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I don't know, that lady at :45 seemed to be walking pretty fast.

written by dag

| 2 years 5 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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Animation for the drawings describing the wheel's action. Timelapse for those humans running around at superhuman speed in the background.

It actually takes about 5 minutes for the wheel to do its job.

written by silvercord

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written by silvercord

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anyone know what the huge semi-circular thing on the left is? just a gift-shop or does it serve some purpose?

written by aaronfr

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Wikipedia says it's a visitor's center.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel

Excellent clip; thanks for digging this up.

written by atara

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Do you know when this was build?

written by chicar

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It was opened in 2002.

written by silvercord

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*Engineering, of course.

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Adding video to channels (Engineering) - requested by Fjnbk.

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And maybe some *wheels?

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