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    Quote Originally Posted by cocopops61 View Post
    What your campervan?
    Haha... No the thing that turns the Falkirk wheel uses the same power that a kettle uses..2kwatt ..amazing..Sorry Chalky I'm telling lies it's eight kettles..lol


    "Despite such tonnage, The Falkirk Wheel can take a gondola with boats the 25 m vertical distance between the Union and Forth and Clyde canals using the power used to boil eight kettles. The half turn between the two canal heights takes five minutes."
    Last edited by alfinyalcabo; 05-02-2019 at 10:07 PM.

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    THAT is absolutely astounding,how is it even possible,eight kettles to power the gondola and the boats,Thanks for that Alf

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    Quote Originally Posted by alfinyalcabo View Post
    Haha... No the thing that turns the Falkirk wheel uses the same power that a kettle uses..2kwatt ..amazing..Sorry Chalky I'm telling lies it's eight kettles..lol


    "Despite such tonnage, The Falkirk Wheel can take a gondola with boats the 25 m vertical distance between the Union and Forth and Clyde canals using the power used to boil eight kettles. The half turn between the two canal heights takes five minutes."
    Are you an engineer Alf.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Disco Buc View Post
    Are you an engineer Alf.
    I used to be Buc,I was an aero engineer for RR..

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    Quote Originally Posted by alfinyalcabo View Post
    I used to be Buc,I was an aero engineer for RR..
    Wow Alf that's some degree the same degree as the first man on the moon my son has got that aeronautical engineering degree in Glasgow uni.

    Well done mate .

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    Quote Originally Posted by alfinyalcabo View Post
    I used to be Buc,I was an aero engineer for RR..
    A rocket scientist then Alfie you are one bright lad.

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