Roller bridge or inclined plane for transferring vessels from one level of a canal to another, 1737. Inclined planes were a cheaper alternative to locks in the building of canals. Water power is being transferred from the waterwheel, R, through gearing to the windlass at H. From Architecture Hydraulique by Bernard Forest de Belidor. (Paris, 1737). | |
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