Falkirk Wheel
August 14th, 2008 by WaltNow that this is primarily an architecture blog, here’s Falkirk Wheel, a science-fiction-looking rotating boat elevator in Scotland.
Actual math content soon.
Now that this is primarily an architecture blog, here’s Falkirk Wheel, a science-fiction-looking rotating boat elevator in Scotland.
Actual math content soon.
August 17th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
This thing was vandalized by local eco-terrorists who didn’t want a humongous kitchen-implement defacing their beloved canal, and after I got over my original gee-whiz how-did-they-do-that reaction (who knew the Falkirk wheel included a planet carrier?), and looked at a few other sections of the Forth Canal, like this and this, I have to agree with their taste, if not their methods.
August 17th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Yes, because there’s only enough room in the world for either naturalism or technology, but never both.
And never mind all the technology it takes to render those beautiful photographs from the not-quite-so-flawless realities they depict.
August 21st, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Don’t they usually use locks to solve problems like this?