Stumble ThisThe 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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It actually takes about 5 minutes for the wheel to do its job.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel
Excellent clip; thanks for digging this up.