The reception here is bad, very bad.
I have loads of pictures of the lift and the river but I can only get these few on at the moment.
In we go.It was raining so hard as we started our descent I felt guilty for getting the operators out of their office.
Down,
and out. Simples.
Here it is in all its glory as we leave for the river.
The view from along the river. All those wheels along the top are from before it was modernised, they used to carry the wires that held the caissons. Each caisson was counterbalanced by the other. Nowadays they are independent of each other and one little boat like us can be lowered without the need for the other caisson going up.
Those wheels have chevron shaped gearing as they mesh together and were invented by a Mr Citroen all those years ago. The badge on their cars is still that shape nowadays.
More pictures to follow.................................
1 comment:
I don't know if you understand that, "Each cassion was counterbalanced by the other ie: one boat up and one boat down at the same time." is not correct. It is counterbalanced even if only one boat is going up or down. This is because the weight of the water displaced by the boat equals the weight of the boat so that each cassion is the same weight no matter, as long as the water levels are the same and the boats are afloat. (Would hope so.)
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