MYSIMULATORPOLAND // ENGINEERING HERITAGE SERIES
INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE · 01/PL● SYSTEM READY
HERITAGE / HYDROMECHANICS / 1860s
POLAND / WARMIA-MASURIA

POCHYLNIA
BUCZYNIEC

THE WATER-POWERED BOAT RAILWAY
01 — WATER WHEEL
02 — PAIRED CARRIAGES
03 — UPPER TERMINAL
DRAG ORBIT SCROLL ZOOM SHIFT + DRAG PAN
CARRIAGE A · ASCENT0.0 m
CARRIAGE B · DESCENT490.3 m
ACTUAL MODEL SPEED0.00 km/h
MECHANICAL INPUT0.0 kW
THE IDEA / 01

On the Elbląg Canal, vessels leave the water and travel over land on cable-hauled rail carriages. This interactive model illustrates how gravity, cargo balance and flowing water work together.

MECHANICS / FIELD NOTES

How boats climb
a hill without locks.

The Elbląg Canal has five inclined planes. At Buczyniec, two rail-mounted carriages move together on parallel tracks, one rising as the other descends. A waterwheel drives gearing and hauling drums; steel cables pull the carriages.

In this educational model, mechanical input depends on ρgQHη, while each carriage experiences an opposing component of gravity. The carriage positions remain mechanically coupled; changing payloads, water flow, braking or the clutch changes the computed motion.

P = ρ · g · Q · H · η
Fgrade = (mB − mA) · g · sin θ

Design inspiration: historical Buczyniec on the Elbląg Canal, Poland. Geometry is a stylized reconstruction; parameters such as effective wheel head, efficiency, drag and governor are educational assumptions. No real-world operating instructions are implied.
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