Getting a barge over a dam
 

This is how the Russians do it:

http://ueba.net/hosted_pages/Moving-a-Boat-20060813

A nice bit of engineering. ;-)

Getting a barge over a dam
 

COOL!


it seems so complex, yet so simple as well. and when you think about
it. the lift is probably a one-man operation.

But...I wonder why all the windows?

doesn't matter.

it's still way cool!


JimH wrote:
This is how the Russians do it:

http://ueba.net/hosted_pages/Moving-a-Boat-20060813

A nice bit of engineering. ;-)

Getting a barge over a dam
 

" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
. ..
This is how the Russians do it:

http://ueba.net/hosted_pages/Moving-a-Boat-20060813

A nice bit of engineering. ;-)


I don't like the looks of those bridge trestles, but I guess it worked.

Getting a barge over a dam
 

This is how the Russians do it:
http://ueba.net/hosted_pages/Moving-a-Boat-20060813
A nice bit of engineering. ;-)

Pretty impressive. An inclined railway for boats.

I wonder what the top exit looks like?

Getting a barge over a dam
 

" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
. ..
This is how the Russians do it:

http://ueba.net/hosted_pages/Moving-a-Boat-20060813

A nice bit of engineering. ;-)


Actually, now I'm wondering what was so important about that barge, and
those rusty old shipping containers. The containers could've been trucked
around the dam. Hopefully, they didn't build this whole apparatus just for
one event.

Getting a barge over a dam
 

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
. ..
This is how the Russians do it:

http://ueba.net/hosted_pages/Moving-a-Boat-20060813

A nice bit of engineering. ;-)


Actually, now I'm wondering what was so important about that barge, and
those rusty old shipping containers. The containers could've been trucked
around the dam. Hopefully, they didn't build this whole apparatus just for
one event.

No, look carefully at the cogs on the rails, it's been used a lot, and
for a long time.

Getting a barge over a dam
 

On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 09:17:05 -0400, Bill Kearney wrote:


Pretty impressive. An inclined railway for boats.

I wonder what the top exit looks like?

It's shown at the bottom of the page. They appear to spin it 90 degrees
and run a down ramp at the top, presumably to float the barge.
Interesting to note, it appears to be running on the electricity produced
by the dam.

Getting a barge over a dam
 

(JimH)wrote
This is how the Russians do it:
http://ueba.net/hosted_pages/Moving-a-Boat-20060813
A nice bit of engineering. ;-)


Thats pretty cool!
I don't know if its still there, but 40 yrs ago they had something
similar to this tho on a much smaller scale at the Dam that flowed from
Lake Drummond into the feeder canal off the Dismal Swamp in Va.
It was a small wood cradle on a railway using an old reversible 3/4"
drill for power. UD

Getting a barge over a dam
 

""UglyDan®©T"" wrote in message
...
(JimH)wrote
This is how the Russians do it:
http://ueba.net/hosted_pages/Moving-a-Boat-20060813
A nice bit of engineering. ;-)


Thats pretty cool!
I don't know if its still there, but 40 yrs ago they had something
similar to this tho on a much smaller scale at the Dam that flowed from
Lake Drummond into the feeder canal off the Dismal Swamp in Va.
It was a small wood cradle on a railway using an old reversible 3/4"
drill for power. UD





You have to wonder what the "toll charge" is for this service. It looks
like 30-32 containers on the barge. Perhaps this method of carrying them
past the dam is cheaper than unloading the barge, trucking those containers
to the other side, then reloading them onto another barge.

Getting a barge over a dam
 

JimH wrote:
""UglyDan®©T"" wrote in message
...
(JimH)wrote
This is how the Russians do it:
http://ueba.net/hosted_pages/Moving-a-Boat-20060813
A nice bit of engineering. ;-)


Thats pretty cool!
I don't know if its still there, but 40 yrs ago they had something
similar to this tho on a much smaller scale at the Dam that flowed from
Lake Drummond into the feeder canal off the Dismal Swamp in Va.
It was a small wood cradle on a railway using an old reversible 3/4"
drill for power. UD





You have to wonder what the "toll charge" is for this service. It looks
like 30-32 containers on the barge. Perhaps this method of carrying them
past the dam is cheaper than unloading the barge, trucking those containers
to the other side, then reloading them onto another barge.

Impressive. Where is this? It looks as if it has been used a lot and
I wonder about the economics of this vs a lock system.