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This giant rotating wheel lifts 600 tons using less power than 8 boiling kettles.
Fast. Accurate. Mind-blowing.
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â€ĸ Footage courtesy: Narrowboat Noggin The Nog (@NarrowboatNogginTheNog) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j3Vu41FG3U
â€ĸ Footage courtesy: YouTube Creator — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHO9gARac-w
â€ĸ Footage courtesy: YouCanDo TV (@YouCanDo_TV) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJhOAz2q35Q
â€ĸ Footage courtesy: Foxes Afloat — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxxz45z4H2c

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00:00Balanced, symmetrical gondolas hold 600 tons of water, keeping the heavy loads in constant equilibrium.
00:07The Scottish Falkirk wheel bridges two canals sitting 35 meters apart with massive vertical drops.
00:14Your brain assumes monstrous steam engines drive this colossal steel structure against brutal gravity forces.
00:22Archimedes' law of buoyancy keeps both gondolas perfectly balanced, so tiny electric motors easily spin them.
00:30Physics masters gravity effortlessly, because 600 tons of hanging water always weighs the exact same.
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