Falkirk Wheel
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Uploaded by praatafrikaanz on Apr 22, 2007
The working of the Falkirk Wheel in Flakirk, Scotland.
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Holy! Never seen this structure before, It looks awesome! Aaand, this music made me sad. :/
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Engineering FTW!
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I live just up the hill from this place. Good place to go on a nice day.
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@EMSLS I can think of 2 reasons. The 1st is only asthetic. Wouldn't look as nice if the top portion dumped a load of water when it started to move. The 2nd, and far more important would be a method by which the gate system is checked for proper closure and /or leakage prior to the wheel beginning it's rotation. A failure of a door or seal could result in damage to the boat or in a worst case senario where the door completely fails, the boat could exit during revolution.
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yeah....my fatrher also work there too...he is manager part
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This is an excellent form of engineering!
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operating this may be the most boring job in the world.
awesome piece of engineering though.
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to bad its ugly
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amazing!!!
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amazing
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fuck youtube and wmg and all of the internet including you
baconology 1 year ago
@baconology What did I do to deserve such a rude comment?
praatafrikaanz 1 year ago 53
The Falkirk wheel was made at the Butterley engineering works,Ripley,Derbyshire, where i work.My dad made parts of the wheel.
GIXXER41 3 years ago 23
Great piece of engineering, your dad must very satisfied to have worked on a project like this? I know I would have been!
So, did my clip do the Wheel any justice?
praatafrikaanz 3 years ago 11
Two questions only! First, what's the name of the music(if it's from a band, could you tell me the name? I would be very thankful!)?
Second, Why the water has to be pumpped out before it starts to go around?
EMSLS 3 years ago
"Concerning Hobbits" from the soundtrack of the 2001 film: The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring.
The song is available on iTunes.
praatafrikaanz 3 years ago