Falkirk Wheel

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The Falkirk Wheel is the only fully rotating boat lift in the world. The wheel was built as part of the £85.4m Millennium link project to reunite the Forth and Clyde and Union Canals in Scotland. The canals had previously been linked by a staircase of 11 locks which took nearly a day to pass through. The locks were dismantled in 1933.
The wheel uses 2 gondolas which raise boats by 24m. As the Union Canal is 11m higher than the aqueduct at the top of the wheel, boats then go through 2 locks to reach the canal.
Before the Falkirk Wheel was constructed it wasn’t possible to get from the Union Canal to the Forth and Clyde by boat. It now takes about 10 minutes for a boat to be lifted from the Forth and Clyde to the aqueduct 24m above that leads to the Union Canal.
To learn more about the Falkirk Wheel click here: www.ice.org.uk/what-is-civil-...

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@ianmcsherry5254 Год назад

I live within easy walking distance of the Union Canal in Edinburgh, and I reckon the canal has very much been improved for the better, since the millennium project. Haven't had a turn on the wheel yet, but I hope to rectify that!

@wandsandwizards 4 года назад

Thanks for the info Richard. You have all the knowledge. I never knew about this but am so impressed and fascinated by it. You speak very well and I hear you perfectly guitar or no. What an amazing mechanism. Thanks for taking the time to narrate this and show a demonstration of how it works. Really great.

@loreleinorvell8112 3 года назад

Wonderful explanation of the need for and the building of a masterpiece.

@e3mada Год назад

🤣 I tried turning my sound up to hear the gentleman but the music was the only thing that got louder

@kevanparker908 Год назад

He mentions all the engineers that historically made the canals possible but failed to mention one Benjamin Outram the founder of the Butterley company. the firm which manufactured St Pancras station London, and the Falkirk wheel near Ripley Derbyshire England and then transported it all the way up to Scotland..

@roxannerios769 3 года назад

This is awesome! I never knew! I heard everything! And I think he's cute 😍

@Nuzzler9 11 месяцев назад

Great video !!! The video editor can cut the music volume about 1/2 to better hear the commentator 🤷‍♂️

@Karl0sis 5 лет назад

WHAT, CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE GUITAR

@astiengreenhart7683 3 года назад

Same

@kimdavidbauner4762 12 дней назад

What about sailboats?

@mattneedham9804 3 года назад

"Anything that sits in water will displace its own weight in water". Anything that floats maybe. When I sit, I sink.

@miker8379 3 года назад

As in the song : a little less talk and a lot more action but really I would have liked to see more of it moving the boats. I didn't mind the music

@theodoremorris7538 2 года назад

Great presentation, speech and music. My father (1928-2017) was a Civil Engineer as was his father and firstborn. They would all be so proud. We have Scottish roots.