Gizmodo published an interesting post during the past week drawing our attention to the Falkirk Wheel.

This impressive structure is used to connect two canals which differ in heigh by 24 metres. Surprisingly, it takes just 22.5kW of energy to operate the wheel!

Link: Wikipedia
Link: Falkirk Wheel Website

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