Sunday, July 07, 2013

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah...

....Sky-blue sunshiny courtesy phone t'you, too.

     I can't seem to get enough sleep any more, and I slept for a darned long time.  Oh well.

     Here's a pastime for you: the Ouvrages du Libron, where a canal crosses -- well, intersects -- a muddy, silty river with a tendency to flood, canal level being (on average) only slightly below river level.  Solve it, without detour, locks or aqueducts.  French engineers did, twice, and the present solution is well past its sesquicentennial and still going strong.  Give up?  Have a look!

4 comments:

Borepatch said...

Cool video that gives you a feel of how it works:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpEMPhs6b9s

This one is interesting, not least in that it shows just how simultaneously familiar and foreign Dutch and English are to each other.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY2JK7AuYEA

Old NFO said...

That is a novel solution, thanks!!!

bob r said...

The video Borepatch linked is neat and here is a google map link: http://goo.gl/maps/FtmTQ

Still had to read the description on the wiki link to understand how it works.

bob r said...

The video Borepatch linked is neat and here is a google map link: http://goo.gl/maps/FtmTQ

Still had to read the description on the wiki link to understand how it works.