Six years, 500 million euros, 918 meters long.......now this is engineering!
This is a channel-bridge over the River Elbe and joins the former East and West Germany, as part of the unification project. It is located in the city of Magdeburg, near Berlin. The photo was taken on the day of inauguration.To those who appreciate engineering projects.....
Pete,
Below is a link to a good article on floating houses in the Netherlands. A website, related to building these type of houses is http://www.waterstudio.nl/innovatie.html .
Amphibious Houses: Dutch Answer to Flooding: Build Houses that Swim
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The Dutch are gearing up for climate change with amphibious houses.
If rivers rise above their banks, the houses simply rise upwards as
well. Such innovation could be good news for hurricane and
flood-stunned America. But are water lovers prepared to live on
swimming family arks?
Short and sweet. Quality not quantity this week,
Pete
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