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UP IN THE AIR

I love this drawbridge.

We used to go to Stuart Florida every April and stayed at the Indian River Plantation. You had to cross the Inland Waterway to get there and the Waterway has, well, traffic!

So we put in a lot of drawbridge waiting time.

It was a pretty place and not a long wait but this would have really eased the pain. Just watching it work.

I bet it is fast.

It is a take on an old design that uses counterweights and hydraulics. Low power use.

It is rather elegant don't you think?

More pictures and a writeup here. It isn't in New York. That is a mistranslation.

Labels: mechanics