What is Falkirk Wheel?
[[File:FalkirkWheelSide 2004 SeanMcClean.jpg|thumb|right|The Falkirk Wheel]] [[File:Falkirk Wheel Timelapse, Scotland - Diliff.webm|thumb|right|A timelapse of the wheel rotation. This video covers a time period of 10 minutes]] [[File:Falkirk Wheel Timelapse from Inside a Boat.webm|thumb|A timelapse from inside a boat]] The '''Falkirk Wheel''' is a [[Rotation|rotating]] boat lift in Tamfourhill, [[Falkirk]], in central Scotland. It connects the [[Forth and Clyde Canal]] with the [[Union Canal (Scotland)|Union Canal.]] It opened in 2002 as part of the [[Millennium]] Link project. It 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Falkirk Wheel|url=https://www.scottishcanals.co.uk/falkirk-wheel/|access-date=2023-04-19|website=Scottish Canals|language=en-GB|archive-date=2023-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419125738/https://www.scottishcanals.co.uk/falkirk-wheel/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The two canals used to be connected by a series of 11 [[Lock (water transport)|locks]] but they were closed in 1933. The Union canal is 35-metre (115 ft) above the [[Forth and Clyde Canal]]. Much of the money came from the [[Millennium Commission]]. The wheel was built in [[Ripley, Derbyshire]] by [[Butterley Engineering]] and carried to Falkirk on 35 lorries. There are also a 160 m (520 ft) new canal [[tunnel]] of 8 m (26 ft) diameter, 2 [[aqueduct]]<nowiki/>s of 20 m (66 ft) and 120 m (390 ft), three sets of locks and a number of bridges. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Canals in Scotland]] [[Category:Falkirk]]