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There's also the reverse, a boat train: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_inclined_plane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_inclined_plane. A very old inclin

• keeganjw 8y ago
  This world is wonderful.
• warpech 8y ago
  More about the inclined plane in Poland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbl%C4%85g_Canal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbl%C4%85g_Canal (Polish version of this page has more pictures)
• csours 8y ago
  How about a bridge for a river? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navigable_aqueduct https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navigable_aqueduct
  • lhorie 8y ago
    Also related, lift locks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterborough_Lift_Lock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterborough_Lift_Lock The Peterborough lift lock tour is pretty awesome, if you're ever in the area. In addition to taking the lift itself, it also goes through the Trent-Severn lock (a smaller, hand-operated lock), and the maria st bridge (a movable bridge that swings sideways to let vessels pass)
    • benj111 8y ago
      Also the Falkirk wheel https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel
      • csours 8y ago
        Awesome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHO9gARac-w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHO9gARac-w (Tom Scott)
• jonas21 8y ago
  Somebody needs to put one of those on a train ferry.
• scottdupoy 8y ago
  Also if you don't want to sail your boat across an ocean you can sail it into a big boat with a load of other boats and just collect it at the other side! https://www.cnbc.com/id/100758754 https://www.cnbc.com/id/100758754
  • stickfigure 8y ago
    A boatboat! https://xkcd.com/2043/ https://xkcd.com/2043/
  • aasasd 8y ago
    Get on the level of the ship shipping ships shipping shipping ships: https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/23913/is-this-a-ship-shipping-ship-shipping-shipping-ships https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/23913/is-this-a...
• TomMckenny 8y ago
  Or times 4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isthmus_of_Tehuantepec#/media/File:Mining_and_Scientific_Press_-_March_28_1885_-_Interoceanic_Ship_Railway_(206).png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isthmus_of_Tehuantepec#/media/...
• deleted 8y ago
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• loeg 8y ago
  And another form; the Swiss call some trains ferries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_shuttle_train#Switzerland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_shuttle_train#Switzerland
• mirimir 8y ago
  Right. Canals followed topographic contours, with just ~1% slope to prevent stagnation. When topography wasn't workable, you needed either locks, or inclined planes. And for more than a few meters discontinuity, they tended to use inclined planes. In at least some cases, they were water-powered. The uphill canal extended on a flume (like an aqueduct) which ended at a powerhouse, which housed a turbine (sometimes vertical axis). > Inclined plane 7 West on Morris Canal, showing flume, powerhouse, cabling, and track. Cradle can be seen at bottom in the canal. Note how return cable is on wooden stands with pulleys. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_inclined_plane#/media/File:Morris_Canal_Plane_7_West_from_HABS.tiff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_inclined_plane#/media/Fi...