The Falkirk WheelA timelapse of the wheel rotation. This video covers a time period of 10 minutesA timelapse from inside a boat
The Falkirk Wheel (Scottish Gaelic: Cuibhle na h-Eaglaise Brice) is a rotating boat lift in Tamfourhill, Falkirk, in central Scotland, connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. It reconnects the two canals for the first time since the 1930s. It opened in 2002 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 working boat lifts in the United Kingdom, the other being the Anderton Boat Lift.
The FalkirkWheel (Scottish Gaelic: Cuibhle na h-Eaglaise Brice) is a rotating boat lift in Tamfourhill, Falkirk, in central Scotland, connecting the Forth...
now based in Edinburgh, produces the Falkirk Herald. Attractions in and around Falkirk include the FalkirkWheel, The Helix, The Kelpies, Callendar House...
only two working boat lifts in the United Kingdom; the other is the FalkirkWheel in Scotland. Salt has been extracted from rock salt beds underneath...
Glenfinnan Viaduct £20 note features the Forth Bridge £50 note features the FalkirkWheel £100 note features the Kessock Bridge On 1 March 2018 the Bank of Scotland...
including Edinburgh Airport, the Field Museum in Grant Park, Chicago, The FalkirkWheel, Expo 2011 (Aberdeen), Expo 2012 (Edinburgh) and Expo 2013 (Glasgow)...
The Millennium Link project replaced the locks with a boat lift, the FalkirkWheel. The project launch was in October 1994, and it received a grant of...
as the restoration of the Anderton Boat Lift, or the building of the FalkirkWheel attracted development funding from the European Union and from the Millennium...
moving, like the Anderton boat lift in England, rotational, like the FalkirkWheel in Scotland, or operate on an inclined plane, like the Ronquières inclined...
in Physiology or Medicine in 1945. Modern Scottish inventions – the FalkirkWheel and the Glasgow Tower – hold world records for being the only rotating...
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first commercially successful boat lift and until the opening of the FalkirkWheel the only boat lift in the United Kingdom. Bingley Five Rise Locks, a...
transportation became increasingly important leading to the development of the wheel and sailing. Until modern times there was no clear distinction between civil...
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size for easy transport and handling); for example the bearings on the FalkirkWheel are 4 meters diameter and fit over a 3.5 meter axle. Slewing bearings...
steelwork. One of the company's prestige projects was the FalkirkWheel, a boatlift at Falkirk, Scotland to reconnect the Forth & Clyde Canal and the Union...
travel Scotland's highest aqueduct and go through its longest canal tunnel. They also visit 21st-century canal technology with the FalkirkWheel. 2.02m...
Notes issued from 1 January 2007 feature the Royal Bank of Scotland "daisy wheel" logo. In November 2006, Ulster Bank issued its first commemorative banknote...
slopes, and boat lifts with types like the Anderton boat lift, the FalkirkWheel and the Strépy-Thieu boat lift. The eight locks of Fonserannes on the...
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Buick (1854–1929) Tubular steel: Sir William Fairbairn (1789–1874) The Falkirkwheel: Initial designs by Nicoll Russell Studios, Architects, RMJM and engineers...
and Ohio Canal Trail Forth to Firth Canal Pathway along route of the FalkirkWheel. D&R Canal Trail Thames Path Erie Canal Augusta Canal Ohio and Erie...
year. This may be in connection with the recent local attraction, The FalkirkWheel, whose visitor numbers doubled during the same period. Callendar House...
where little water is available. These include boat lifts, such as the FalkirkWheel, which use a caisson of water in which boats float while being moved...
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