🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoWe visited the Falkirk Wheel last month! It lifts 500 tonnes 80ft into the air using only 1.5KWh of power (it's actually energy N•m/s).lemmy.worldimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1305arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1300arrow-down1imageWe visited the Falkirk Wheel last month! It lifts 500 tonnes 80ft into the air using only 1.5KWh of power (it's actually energy N•m/s).lemmy.world🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBeefcyclone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoIt’s so cool to see in person, we went a while back and since we’d come specifically but there were no boats booked to go through it, they very kindly turned it for us. Proper engineering 10/10
minus-square🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoThey’re an awesome group. We got to pilot our own boat through it that we hired from them! I posted the picture below in the comments.
It’s so cool to see in person, we went a while back and since we’d come specifically but there were no boats booked to go through it, they very kindly turned it for us.
Proper engineering 10/10
They’re an awesome group. We got to pilot our own boat through it that we hired from them! I posted the picture below in the comments.