10/27/2005: German water bridge - Page 2

xoxoxoBruce · 10-28-2005, 01:31 AM

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(it's effectively just a thick layer of water on top of a highway...),

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

capnhowdy · 10-28-2005, 08:27 AM

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.

Sundae · 10-28-2005, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by capnhowdy

I need to know how they keep the water level regulated.

Have you decided to build one?

busterb · 10-28-2005, 09:25 AM

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

capnhowdy · 10-28-2005, 09:26 AM

a question is not an answer

an answer is not a question

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

capnhowdy · 10-28-2005, 09:28 AM

Thanks for the link busterb. Very interesting.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-28-2005, 10:49 AM

Yeah, good one Buster.

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.

RobPett · 11-02-2005, 01:02 PM

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...

glatt · 11-02-2005, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by RobPett

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.

noviceathome · 11-03-2005, 08:42 AM

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

10-28-2005, 08:27 AM	#17
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	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. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

10-28-2005, 09:25 AM	#19
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	The Falkirk Wheel. http://www.thefalkirkwheel.co.uk/ind...20DESIGN&aux=1 FYI __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

10-28-2005, 09:26 AM	#20
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	a question is not an answer an answer is not a question but for the record... no, not today. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

10-28-2005, 09:28 AM	#21
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Thanks for the link busterb. Very interesting. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

10-28-2005, 10:49 AM	#22
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yeah, good one Buster. 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. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-02-2005, 01:02 PM	#23
RobPett Person Who Has Posted Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 2	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...

11-03-2005, 08:42 AM	#25
noviceathome Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: perth, australia Posts: 87	zippyt. no. yes exactly. where the barge is the equivalent weight of water isn't.

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