The world's last turntable ferry has a really clever design

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Tom Scott visits a turntable ferry in Scotland, where the whole deck rotates so vehicles can drive on and off without reversing. He explains why that is a clever solution for a small slipway.

HN people keep submitting it as a neat example of a simple mechanical design that solves a real constraint.

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