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COUNTERWEIGHT SYSTEM IN RAILWAYS
In 1793, England completed an inclined plane that carried canal boats 207 feet uphill on wheeled cradles before returning them to the water- In 1888, a German city built a railway that climbs without an onboard engine: 1,849 gallons of water weigh one car down enough to pull the other 272 feet uphill
- In 1899, a Swiss city built a railway powered by wastewater; wastewater makes one car heavy enough to pull the other uphill without using a motor
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