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Falkirk Wheel

Falkirk Wheel
The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift, connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. The lift, named after the nearby town of Falkirk in central Scotland, opened in 2002. It reconnects the two canals for the first time since the 1930s as part of the Millennium Link project.

The plan to regenerate central Scotland's canals and reconnect Glasgow with Edinburgh was led by British Waterways with support and funding from seven local authorities, the Scottish Enterprise Network, the European Regional Development Fund, and the Millennium Commission. Planners decided early on to create a dramatic 21st-century landmark structure to reconnect the canals, instead of simply recreating the historic lock flight.

The wheel raises boats by 24 metres (79 ft), but the Union Canal is still 11 metres (36 ft) higher than the aqueduct which meets the wheel. Boats must also pass through a pair of locks between the top of the wheel and the Union Canal. The Falkirk Wheel is the only rotating boat lift of its kind in the world, and one of two boat lifts in the United Kingdom, the other being the Anderton boat lift, which I have also visited.

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7 comments - The latest ones
 La-Gioconda( Cornelia )
La-Gioconda( Corneli… club
WOW ! Great !!!
Cordial greetings,
Cornelia
9 years ago.
 Ko Hummel
Ko Hummel club
Nice image of this impressive piece of engineering
9 years ago.
 Marije Aguillo
Marije Aguillo club
Gran toma.
9 years ago.
 Rabbitroundtheworld
Rabbitroundtheworld
A nice angle on the Wheel.
8 years ago.
 Nick Weall
Nick Weall club
Another place on my list to visit next time I'm up that way. In the meantime I can enjoy your great perspective dear LGM EdC xxxx
8 years ago.
 Alan Drury
Alan Drury club
Hi Amelia a great piece of British Engineering designed and built at Butterley in Derbyshire.I have visited it twice.Best wishes Alan.
7 years ago.

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