Re: [Paddlewise] Perfect for slalom races or portages

From: Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:15:57 -0700
www.usnwc.org is the world's largest artificial white water park with a
conveyor belt to take paddlers back to the top without getting out of their
kayaks.


Craig Jungers
Moses Lake, WA

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Joe P. <jpylka_at_earthlink.net> wrote:

>   I had a friend who, some years ago, did a trip along the Trent-Severn
> Canal between Lake Simcoe & Ottawa, up in Canada.  Spectacular slides were
> shown, including a lock somewhere in that chain that consisted of two
> counterbalanced troughs.  I don't remember the details now but somehow an 18
> inch height difference was created in one and the other was lifted upward by
> that extra weight, so the entire structure powered itself...
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