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TC schrieb:
> Quite spectacular looking thingy - but the principle is the same as used
> here:
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> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiffshebewerk_Niederfinow
It appears a good deal more complicated in the actual implementation:
192 counterweights, double cables for safety, and not to forget the
additiona worm drives normally running "idle", just in case the second
set of cables doesn't hold either. All this is done away by the
exceptionally simple construction of the Wheel.
As an aside, by using another caisson as the counterweight you also get
effectively twice the capacity for the same total weight.
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