How does a boat come down the mountain ?

What ever I did or wherever I turned to, the last week had been the toughest and heaviest not being able to sink in the tragedy that struck  us all here in Norway.  Having resolved to face the hatred with more love , life started to move on.

Today let us experience the wonderful descent of  a boat from the mountain top to the valley below approx 23 m or  75ft . Here is the Queen of the Canal - Ms. Victoria in sight meandring its way from the mountains to the sea on its daily sojourn repeating it for over 100 years . Lots of people like me and lots more on the boat are equally excited to experince this.  

 Victoria heads its way into a narrow canal to descend through the  5 locks to reach the valley below.

Here IT is waiting for its first descent. 

And the challenge is to get to the level below.

Kids  around had  put  their thinking caps on trying to guess how the boat can jump down :-). They have formulated various theories of their own. But I did not hear anyone guessing it right :-). Anyone game for it? Ok here is how it works through the locks. A lock is a section of canal or river that is closed off by gates which control the water level so that boats can be raised or lowered as they pass through it.The water is now pumped from the upper level where the boat is, to the lower level  where it has to sail to

It's fascinating to stand and watch the water level rise and drop before the eyes. As the water goes down the boat goes down too.

When the water reaches the same level on both sides , the gates are opened and the boat sails further for the next descent. 

 After completing its 75 ft descent through the 5 locks and gates it sailed off from the vrangfossen locks for yet another descent in yet another place.

 

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