The Cut

If they can put a people mover in an airport why can't they put a boat mover in the Cut? Money? How much would you pay to have your boat go smoothly through the Cut any time you'd like for it to happen? The price in gas alone puts some meaningful floor price on the table.

What would the numbers look like? :)
 
from the description of the video for the Falkirk Wheel:

"The wheel has an overall diameter of 35 metres (115 ft) and consists of two opposing arms which extend 15 metres beyond the central axle and take the shape of a Celtic-inspired, double-headed axe. Two sets of these axe-shaped arms are attached about 25 metres (82 ft) apart to a 3.5 metres (11 ft) diameter axle. Two diametrically opposed water-filled caissons, each with a capacity of 80,000 gallons, are fitted between the ends of the arms.These caissons (also known as gondolas) always weigh the same whether or not they are carrying their combined capacity of 600 tonnes of floating canal barges as, according to Archimedes' principle, floating objects displace their own weight in water, so when the boat enters, the amount of water leaving the caisson weighs exactly the same as the boat. This keeps the wheel balanced and so, despite its enormous mass, it rotates through 180° in five and a half minutes while using very little power. It takes just 22.5 kilowatts (30.2 hp) to power the electric motors, which consume just 1.5 kilowatt-hours (5.4 MJ) of energy in four minutes, roughly the same as boiling eight kettles of water."

that is pretty amazing :) how much digging do you think you can get done in The Cut for 17 million British lbs? (only estimated cost, don't know what the actual cost was)
 
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