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Designed by Scottish architecture firm, RMJM, the Falkirk Wheel is boat lift in central Scotland that connects two canals. Previously 11 locks were required to connect the canals which differ in height by 24 meters. The inner rings rotate at the same speed as the larger axis in order to keep the boat and water from tipping over. The Wheel can make a full rotation in eight minutes.
Images show the massive construction site just below the feet of hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers, where workers blast the tunnel for New York’s first new subway line in sixty years.
![The newly inaugurated Baluarte bridge in northern Mexico is officially the world’s tallest suspension bridge. [Reblogged via globalpost]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxdtz2LuI31qdpblno1_400.jpg)
The newly inaugurated Baluarte bridge in northern Mexico is officially the world’s tallest suspension bridge. [Reblogged via globalpost]
(via npr)
