Comments on: The Falkirk Wheel http://www.damninteresting.com/the-falkirk-wheel/ A collection of legitimately fascinating information culled from the past, present, and anticipated future. Tue, 22 May 2012 01:30:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: sweeper http://www.damninteresting.com/the-falkirk-wheel/#comment-23440 sweeper Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:47:22 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=432#comment-23440 "Back in my country the creater of this contraption would have been publicly shamed" Cocoabongo, not sure where your country is, but in my country solving an engineering problem in such an efficient and beautiful way, creating a popular tourist attraction in the process, is considered a good thing. “Back in my country the creater of this contraption would have been publicly shamed”

Cocoabongo, not sure where your country is, but in my country solving an engineering problem in such an efficient and beautiful way, creating a popular tourist attraction in the process, is considered a good thing.

]]> By: jaegersing http://www.damninteresting.com/the-falkirk-wheel/#comment-23136 jaegersing Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:46:11 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=432#comment-23136 [quote]Marius said: "Too cool, but yes, it would be great if there was some actual video of it in action instead of just an animation. Now I want to go to Scotland even more!"[/quote] Sorry for the long delay in posting this. Here's some video of the Wheel I shot in 2005, but only got around to editing recently. I live in Singapore so haven't seen the Wheel since then. http://vimeo.com/1998608 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmOZwB20rOM&fmt=18 [quote]Marius said: “Too cool, but yes, it would be great if there was some actual video of it in action instead of just an animation. Now I want to go to Scotland even more!”[/quote]

Sorry for the long delay in posting this. Here’s some video of the Wheel I shot in 2005, but only got around to editing recently. I live in Singapore so haven’t seen the Wheel since then.

http://vimeo.com/1998608
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmOZwB20rOM&fmt=18

]]> By: eagleeye http://www.damninteresting.com/the-falkirk-wheel/#comment-6399 eagleeye Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:05:45 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=432#comment-6399 <p>Photos and presentation video <a href="http://www.bennettmg.co.uk/media_centre/photos/Falkirk_Wheel_archive_pics/Falkirk_wheel.html" rel="nofollow">here</a></p><p>Home video footage <a href="http://www.dur.ac.uk/t.d.short/Falkirk_Wheel.htm" rel="nofollow"> here</a></p> Photos and presentation video
here

Home video footage here

]]> By: mrdarklight http://www.damninteresting.com/the-falkirk-wheel/#comment-4305 mrdarklight Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:42:41 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=432#comment-4305 <p><span class='quote'>bryon said: "Here's another type of lock. This is in Peterbourgh, Ontario and utilizes hydralic rams to move the chambers 65ft.</span></p><p><span class='quote'> http://collections.ic.gc.ca/waterway/rg_eng_i/hyd.htm"</span></p><p> Ha! Hydraulic rams! Lame! A typical brutish Canadian response to the problem...</p> bryon said: “Here’s another type of lock. This is in Peterbourgh, Ontario and utilizes hydralic rams to move the chambers 65ft.


http://collections.ic.gc.ca/waterway/rg_eng_i/hyd.htm“

Ha! Hydraulic rams! Lame! A typical brutish Canadian response to the problem…

]]> By: mrdarklight http://www.damninteresting.com/the-falkirk-wheel/#comment-4302 mrdarklight Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:34:05 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=432#comment-4302 <p>I love the fact that the engineers and designers decided to make it visually appealing, instead of just a big mechanical contraption, the way it probably would have been done here in the USA. For just a little bit more money, they got something that you actually like to look at.</p><p> Yay Scotland! It's true, then... "If it's not Scottish, it's CRAP!"</p> I love the fact that the engineers and designers decided to make it visually appealing, instead of just a big mechanical contraption, the way it probably would have been done here in the USA. For just a little bit more money, they got something that you actually like to look at.

Yay Scotland! It’s true, then… “If it’s not Scottish, it’s CRAP!”

]]> By: Pascal Leduc http://www.damninteresting.com/the-falkirk-wheel/#comment-2511 Pascal Leduc Fri, 10 Mar 2006 02:06:58 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=432#comment-2511 <p>As an engineer (ok junior engineer), I can tell you that we do it ourselves.</p><p>EWB (Engineers without borders) http://www.ewb.ca/content/en/index2.shtml serves to facilitate engineers working and building projects in impoverished nations and designing projects for the betterment of man.</p><p>Remember that as engineers, our responsibilities lie towards the people and not our bosses, engineers, like other proffesional orders have to right to refuse alterations to their design and can even refuse to work if the project as a whole is flawed, in such cases that the employer would fire him it would be considered an illegal firing, and the employer would get sued (plus whatever unethical buisness practice would get spread over the news).</p><p>Enginering is one of the most protected jobs in the world because bowing to managerial pressure can cause the death of hundreds of people.</p> As an engineer (ok junior engineer), I can tell you that we do it ourselves.

EWB (Engineers without borders) http://www.ewb.ca/content/en/index2.shtml serves to facilitate engineers working and building projects in impoverished nations and designing projects for the betterment of man.

Remember that as engineers, our responsibilities lie towards the people and not our bosses, engineers, like other proffesional orders have to right to refuse alterations to their design and can even refuse to work if the project as a whole is flawed, in such cases that the employer would fire him it would be considered an illegal firing, and the employer would get sued (plus whatever unethical buisness practice would get spread over the news).

Enginering is one of the most protected jobs in the world because bowing to managerial pressure can cause the death of hundreds of people.

]]> By: davida http://www.damninteresting.com/the-falkirk-wheel/#comment-2503 davida Thu, 09 Mar 2006 19:17:10 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=432#comment-2503 <p>I'm in awe. I wonder if there are organizations out there that support engineers who believe in doing it right....where there is no compromise. It is too bad that the best paying jobs are with corporate america companies. Does anyone know of organizations that support engineers who want to make a difference?</p> I’m in awe. I wonder if there are organizations out there that support engineers who believe in doing it right….where there is no compromise. It is too bad that the best paying jobs are with corporate america companies. Does anyone know of organizations that support engineers who want to make a difference?

]]> By: solitas http://www.damninteresting.com/the-falkirk-wheel/#comment-2383 solitas Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:43:14 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=432#comment-2383 <p><span class='quote'>Marius said: "Too cool, but yes, it would be great if there was some actual video of it in action instead of just an animation."</span></p><p>Too right - I also wish they'd have a time-lapse movie of the thing in action.</p> Marius said: “Too cool, but yes, it would be great if there was some actual video of it in action instead of just an animation.”

Too right – I also wish they’d have a time-lapse movie of the thing in action.

]]> By: AKALucifer http://www.damninteresting.com/the-falkirk-wheel/#comment-2378 AKALucifer Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:39:58 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=432#comment-2378 <p>I like the way these kind of problems are presented. It always goes something like. "But there was a problem the canal was 115 feet too high" Like they hadn't even of thought about it, and then just at they were about to knock throught to the sea someone said in the knick of time "Wait a minute, this isn't going to work."</p> I like the way these kind of problems are presented. It always goes something like.
“But there was a problem the canal was 115 feet too high”
Like they hadn’t even of thought about it, and then just at they were about to knock throught to the sea someone said in the knick of time “Wait a minute, this isn’t going to work.”

]]> By: aurifex http://www.damninteresting.com/the-falkirk-wheel/#comment-2367 aurifex Sun, 05 Mar 2006 00:47:02 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=432#comment-2367 <p>Amazing design. A totally unique invention. Bravo to the genius that came up with it.</p> Amazing design. A totally unique invention. Bravo to the genius that came up with it.

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