Engineering pr0n

[willswitchengage]

Not particularly old car related, soz, but I found one of those 'world's biggest machines' type thing that usually ends up on some Channel 5 documentary. I found this incredible, and worth a thread in its own right.

 

This is the boat lift at the Krasnoyarsk Dam in Siberia:

 

 

 

 

 

I just came

 

 

 

 

PHWOAR Uaz 452

 

 

 

 

 

That is bound to get the ladies excited downstairs

 

As a downside, the sound it makes is less arousing:

 

[DSdriver]

Its not exactly rushin'

 

 

I'll get m'coat.

[MarvinsMom]

that flippin' amazin', and i thought he falkirk wheel was impressive!

[PhilA]

I am more amused by the huge scaffolding pantograph style arragement to power it, like the world's biggest tram with gears.

[fred]

It boggles my mind how someone can start to work out how to do shit like this

[Bobthebeard]

Didn't KruJoe once make something similar out of pallets and breeze blocks?

[Bren]

Around here, that would be dismantled in hours and weighed in.

[tooSavvy]

Falkirk Wheel is 'bettahz' resolution of lifting.

 

However - not major fukkoff boat sizezz

 

TS

[CHRIS1980]

PAH! Alton towers has one similar

[cros]

With safety devices similarly overridden.

[Bobthebeard]

Impressive engineering nontheless. Just watched the video clip.

[mercrocker]

That's bloody great that is....Only a Soviet type regime could withstand the public cost of such an undertaking of course! Reading up on it, seems the associated dam is to do with the factory that turned these mothers out...

 

 

[tooSavvy]

... Lots of juice for Aluminium Smelting ??

 

TS

[inconsistant]

[explosive-cabbage]

Thats a fair bus.

 

Did a bit more research, and the 'thing' in the picture above isn't itself a boat, it is just a sledge. That 'sledge' gets submerged and fills with a boat AND WATER, then gets propelled to the top. To me, it makes it even more mind boggling!

 

Check it out here

 

[Junkman]

Oooooh!

 

Krasznoyarsk archishite:

 

[Junkman]

Krasznoyarsk mushrooms:

 

[Junkman]

Krasznoyarsk Stockcar Racing:

 

[Junkman]

Even in Krasznoyarsk, there are a few normal people.

 

[Junkman]

Krasznoyarsk Woollarding!

 

[fred]

Well .....