Using water boxes to lift massive ships

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A beautifully simple aquatic step system that traps boats in a concrete tub, pumps in water, and gracefully floats them up to the next level of the river.

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Canals were the economic lifeblood of the industrial revolution, allowing heavy raw materials to be dragged slowly through man-made ditches by miserable mules plodding along the towpath.

The historic canals still carrying freight in Britain

Catamarans feature two parallel hulls for stability

Why gondolas have speed limits in Venice

Trimaran fast ferries slice through waves using three hulls

Richard Halliburton holds the bizarre historical record for paying the lowest toll ever to traverse the Panama Canal, handing over just 36 cents in 1928 for the privilege of swimming the entire 50-mile length.

A bigger world.
One discovery
at a time.