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Re: [OM] Newport Transporter Bridge.

Subject: Re: [OM] Newport Transporter Bridge.
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:07:48 -0400
Very interesting.  I've never seen anything quite like it.  Of course, 
until last week I'd never seen anything like the Falkirk Wheel either. 
An amazing demonstration of the Archimedean principle 
<http://www.thefalkirkwheel.co.uk/about-the-wheel->

Chuck Norcutt


On 7/8/2011 4:57 PM, Ian Nichols wrote:
> A wacky bit of Victorian engineering, designed by a French bloke with
> a big twirly moustache and a hint of madness in the eyes.  Me and a
> couple of friends had a look around it yesterday, and one of them
> talked a man from the council (the engineer responsible for all of
> Newport's bridges, in fact) into taking us up to the top and over the
> walkway.  Seemed a good opportunity to put the 7-14 on my E-3 again.
> It's illuminated after dark, so we went for a curry&  came back later.
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/ian.a.nichols/NewportTransporterBridge
>
> Comments&  critiques welcome as usual.
>
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