pantherhouse.com— The inclined plane comprises a single chamber, reminiscent of a giant bath tub, which is called a caisson and slides laterally up or down the hillside on rails set at an angle of 41 degrees.
Oct 23, 2007View in Crawl 4
They add more counterweight to block the jam.......or reverse weight to bring it back up........but, yearly maintenance is performed to make sure it doesn't happen
smrekarOct 24, 2007
Wordpress != Solid Platform
mrslumberjackOct 24, 2007
"The entire operation can be run by two 120 horsepower electric motors[...]"Wow.
icoupOct 24, 2007
Dugg for Peterborough! (ok yeah, and our big ass lock)
icoupOct 24, 2007
One to let the boats out, then one to let the new boats in. Otherwise you'd have a traffic jam.
hardcore024Oct 25, 2007
They add more counterweight to block the jam.......or reverse weight to bring it back up........but, yearly maintenance is performed to make sure it doesn't happen
adrianmonkOct 25, 2007
"Give me a lever long enough ... and I shall move the world."Sure. But not very *quickly*.