4.25 meters thick and 30 meters wide, layer of water. :mg:

I need to know how they keep the water level regulated. I'm sure they pump the water into it some way. What is at either end? Seems to me that gravity is not your friend on a project like this. But then again... I'm no engineer.

Have you decided to build one?

The Falkirk Wheel. http://www.thefalkirkwheel.co.uk/ind...20DESIGN&aux=1 FYI

a question is not an answer

an answer is not a question

but for the record... no, not today. ;)

Thanks for the link busterb. Very interesting.

Yeah, good one Buster. :thumb:

capnhowdy, I believe one end is the same level as the canal system and the other end has 2 locks to drop to the level of the other canal system.

For those of you with Google Earth installed, here are what I THINK are the coordinates: <52.2310791033, 11.7016471392>. Looks like it's still under construction in this satellite photo...

Cool. Thanks. That's the start of a long canal system. I had no idea how many canals there were in East Germany.

zippyt. no. yes exactly. where the barge is the equivalent weight of water isn't.