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A short drive from the Kelpies took us to see the Falkirk Wheel. A couple of weeks before, we had spent a weekend on a canal boat on the |Llangollen Canal. After manoeuvring Welsh canal locks and swing bridges, the Falkirk Wheel was a must-see destination.
www.scottishcanals.co.uk/visit/canals/visit-the-forth-cly...
Just as the Anderton Boat Lift near Northwich lifts canal boats from the River Weaver Navigation to the Trent & Mersey Canal The Falkirk Wheel serves a similar purpose but in a different way. My photos show the Wheel in operation at different stages of a lift operation.
“The world's one and only rotating boat lift. A marvel of engineering and Scottish Canals' flagship destination, The Falkirk Wheel. Connecting the Forth & Clyde Canal with the Union Canal in a half-turn that takes only five minutes!”
untitled-5 (2016_11_20 09_56_29 UTC)
A short drive from the Kelpies took us to see the Falkirk Wheel. A couple of weeks before, we had spent a weekend on a canal boat on the |Llangollen Canal. After manoeuvring Welsh canal locks and swing bridges, the Falkirk Wheel was a must-see destination.
www.scottishcanals.co.uk/visit/canals/visit-the-forth-cly...
Just as the Anderton Boat Lift near Northwich lifts canal boats from the River Weaver Navigation to the Trent & Mersey Canal The Falkirk Wheel serves a similar purpose but in a different way. My photos show the Wheel in operation at different stages of a lift operation.
“The world's one and only rotating boat lift. A marvel of engineering and Scottish Canals' flagship destination, The Falkirk Wheel. Connecting the Forth & Clyde Canal with the Union Canal in a half-turn that takes only five minutes!”