Archive for the 'Canal' Category

Metro Monday: Falkirk Wheel In Motion

Published
by
Gabriel Lopez-Bernal
on October 29, 2007
in Canal, Falkirk Wheel, Locks and Scotland
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The Falkirk Wheel, near Falkirk Scotland, joins the Forth and Clyde Canals with the Union Canal, by raising/lowering boats and amazing 24 meters. The Falkirk wheel opened in May 2002 and serves as the vital link in reestablishing an east-west British waterway…

German Water Bridge

Published
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Gabriel Lopez-Bernal
on April 26, 2006
in Bridge, Canal and Germany
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I found this picture to be too fascinating to not share. It is a 1 km water bridge in Magdeburg, Germany; it was completed in October 2003. It cost 500 Million Euros to build and links two vital German Industrial shipping Canals over the River Elbe.