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<DIV class=yiv1784145816WordSection1> <TABLE class=yiv1784145816MsoNormalTable border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; PADDING-T OP: 0cm" vAlign=top> <DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=yiv1784145816MsoNormal><SPAN style="BACKG ROUND: yellow; FONT-SIZE: 16pt" lang=EN-US>An engineering marvel, worth a dekho and sharing with friends</SPAN> </DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=yiv1784145816MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR : black"><A href="http://goog_1927906857/" rel=nofollow target=_blank><B><SPAN s tyle="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">If you are not a Physics person, read the last paragraph and learn a fact of physics.</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black ; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"> </SPAN></A></SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1784145816MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><A href="http://goog_1927906857/" rel=nofollow target=_blank><SPAN style= "COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><BR></SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZ E: 13.5pt">Have you ever seen a river over a river? AMAZING.....</SPAN></B ><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"> <BR> <BR> </SPAN>< /A></SPAN><A href="http://goog_1927906857/" rel=nofollow target=_blank><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; TEXT-DECORATION: none"><IMG id=yiv178414581 6_x0000_i1046 border=0 alt=cid:55C67D371F2B454595BDB024AB46FAC1@Roger src="cid:1 .1032017423@web110714.mail.gq1.yahoo.com" width=806 height=488></SPAN></B></A><S PAN style="COLOR: black"><A href="http://goog_1927906857/" rel=nofollow target=_ blank><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"> <BR> <BR></SPAN><B> <SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Even after you see it, it is still h ard to believe!<BR>Water Bridge in Germany . What a feat!</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> <BR><B>The photo was taken on the d ay of inauguration . . . </B><BR><BR><B>To those who appreciate engineerin g projects, here's a puzzle for your armchair engineers and physicists. </ B><BR><BR></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Question:</SPAN></B><SPAN styl e="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> <BR><BR><B>Did that bridge have to be d esigned to withstand the additional weight of ship and barge traffic, or just th e weight of the water?</B> <BR> <BR></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Answer:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> &nbsp ; <BR><BR><B>It only needs to be designed to withstand the weight of the water!< /B> <BR><BR></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Why?</SPAN></B><SPAN s tyle="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> <BR> <BR><B>A ship always displaces an amount of water that weighs the same as the ship, regardless of ho w heavily a ship may be loaded.</B> <B>Six years, 500 million Euros, 918 m eters long . . . now, this is engineering!</B> <BR><BR><B>This is a channe l-bridge over the River Elbe and joins the former East and West Germany ,<BR>as part of the unification project. It is located in the city of Magdeburg , near Berlin .<BR></B></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><BR><BR>& nbsp;<BR><BR></SPAN><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Saturday, A pril 23, 2011<BR></SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><BR></SPA N><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">The Incredible Magdeburg Water& nbsp; Bridge in Germany The Magdeburg Water Bridge is a navigable aq ueduct in Germany that connects the Elbe-Havel Canal to the Mittelland Can al , and allows ships to cross over the Elbe River At 918 meters, it is&nb sp; the longest navigable aqueduct in the world. </SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: b lack; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><BR> <B>The Elbe-Havel and Mittelland canals h ad previously met near Magdeburg but on opposite sides of the Elbe . Ships moving between the two had to make a 12-kilometer detour, descending&nbsp ; from the Mittelland Canal through the Rothensee boat lift into the Elbe, then sailing downstream on the river, before entering the Elbe-Havel Cana l through Niegripp lock. Low water levels in the Elbe often prevented full y laden canal barges from making this crossing, requiring time-consuming o
ff-loading of cargo.</B> <BR> </SPAN></A></SPAN><B><SPAN style= "COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"><IMG id=yiv1784145816_x0000_i1047 border=0 alt =cid:B06356428B354EC48A87AF6B045B1CCE@Roger src="cid:2.1032017423@web110714.mail .gq1.yahoo.com" width=700 height=522></SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONTSIZE: 13.5pt"> <BR> <B>Construction of the water link was started as early as in the 1930s but due to the World War 2 and subsequent division of Germany the work remained suspended till 1997. The aqueduct was finally completed and opened to the public in 2003.was finally completed an d opened to the public in 2003.</B> <BR><BR><B><IMG id=yiv1784145816 _x0000_i1048 border=0 alt=cid:1A3CF867C2554053A0874B84AEF5D862@Roger src="cid:3. 1032017423@web110714.mail.gq1.yahoo.com" width=700 height=531></B> <BR><BR > <B><IMG id=yiv1784145816_x0000_i1049 border=0 alt=cid:3B6B24B1782D42A5877 7A4B84BD36CE0@Roger src="cid:4.1032017423@web110714.mail.gq1.yahoo.com" width=70 0 height=525></B> <BR><BR> <B><IMG id=yiv1784145816_x0000_i1050 borde r=0 alt=cid:D43B6CCF71224B3EAF9820F6458F4E7E@Roger src="cid:5.1032017423@web1107 14.mail.gq1.yahoo.com" width=700 height=423></B> <BR><BR> <B><IMG id=yiv1784145816_x0000_i1051 border=0 alt=cid:3AADFC889CDA42D0B67C69A866209D65@ Roger src="cid:6.1032017423@web110714.mail.gq1.yahoo.com" width=700 height=499>< /B> <BR><BR> <B><IMG id=yiv1784145816_x0000_i1052 border=0 alt=cid:CD BD46C00B2C4CA5B81C839CB98EEBE4@Roger src="cid:7.1032017423@web110714.mail.gq1.ya hoo.com" width=700 height=525></B> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1784145816MsoNormal ><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><BR clear=all></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=yiv1784145816MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; FONT-S IZE: 11pt"> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1784145816MsoNormal> </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1784145816MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><BR><BR clear=all></SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: white" class=yiv1784145816MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY ></TABLE> <DIV class=yiv1784145816MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US><BR><BR clear=all></SPAN></DI V> <DIV class=yiv1784145816MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=yiv1784145816MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=yiv1784145816MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US><BR><BR clear=all></SPAN></DI V> <DIV class=yiv1784145816MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=yiv1784145816MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US> </SPAN></DIV></DIV></DI V></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><WBR><WBR></DIV></DIV></div></ body></html>

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