Venice sits on top of wooden poles buried in the mud (the mud protects the poles from decaying).
There is the equivalent of 10 million tree trunks under the city. Wild.
There is the equivalent of 10 million tree trunks under the city. Wild.
On a related note: I previously wrote about the $8B dam that the Italian government built to protect Venice form flooding.
Itβs a fascinating engineering project: trungphan.substack.com
Itβs a fascinating engineering project: trungphan.substack.com
The $8B dam operates on hydraulic method:
1. The metal barriers (fins) are hollow and submerged in water
2. To raise a fin, air pumped into hollow section and barrier floats (takes 32mins)
3. To lower, water pumped back in and the fin sinks (16mins)
π youtu.be
1. The metal barriers (fins) are hollow and submerged in water
2. To raise a fin, air pumped into hollow section and barrier floats (takes 32mins)
3. To lower, water pumped back in and the fin sinks (16mins)
π youtu.be
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