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- Apr 29, 2014
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- Location
- FRANCE
- Vessel Name
- 'Snow Mouse.'
- Vessel Make
- BROOM FLYBRIDGE 42.
There are several ways for a canal to get over obstacles, one is to make a viaduct across a valley, the other is to follow the contour of a hill and go around it, to compensate for gradients, locks take steps up and down like steps of stairs.
Sometimes there a bigger problem which needs a new approach in thinking to overcome it, here's one of them.
The old lift it superseded is in the first photo.
It's called Strepy Theiu, click on the map above to enlarge it, it's just like an elevator and a marvel of engineering, at the moment it's the largest in the world but I believe that China is going to/or is building a larger one.
Here's the photo's to show the lift.
Entry into.
The cables to lift us up.
Various levels.
Exiting from the top level.
Wow, an unbelievable experience, absolutely not to be missed.
This is some trip and just gets better every day.
Sometimes there a bigger problem which needs a new approach in thinking to overcome it, here's one of them.
The old lift it superseded is in the first photo.
It's called Strepy Theiu, click on the map above to enlarge it, it's just like an elevator and a marvel of engineering, at the moment it's the largest in the world but I believe that China is going to/or is building a larger one.
Here's the photo's to show the lift.
Entry into.
The cables to lift us up.
Various levels.
Exiting from the top level.
Wow, an unbelievable experience, absolutely not to be missed.
This is some trip and just gets better every day.
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