....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!
Cool video that gives you a feel of how it works:
ReplyDeletehttps://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
That is a novel solution, thanks!!!
ReplyDeleteThe video Borepatch linked is neat and here is a google map link: http://goo.gl/maps/FtmTQ
ReplyDeleteStill had to read the description on the wiki link to understand how it works.
The video Borepatch linked is neat and here is a google map link: http://goo.gl/maps/FtmTQ
ReplyDeleteStill had to read the description on the wiki link to understand how it works.