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In 1984, France unveiled a revolutionary new vehicle, a giant beast designed to push canalboats up a 400m-long water slope, thus avoiding the time-consuming use of traditional canal locks. Did it work? No.
Footage of it working (briefly) in 1990: • The Waterslope at Fons...
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