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What is the Falkirk wheel?

Question #150486. Asked by BigTriviaDawg.
Last updated Jan 17 2024.
Originally posted Jan 17 2024 9:16 PM.

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It's a boat lift in Scotland.

The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift, used to connect two Scottish canals together: the Union Canal and the Forth and Clyde Canal. It was constructed as a Millennium Link project and opened in 2002.

The Falkirk Wheel can raise or lower boats by 24 metres (79 feet), but locks are also required for vessels to ascend/descend the final 11 metres (36 feet) between the waterways.

There are only two operational boat lifts in the United Kingdom: the other is the Anderton Boat Lift in Cheshire. The Falkirk Wheel is the only one of its type in the world.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel
Response last updated by psnz on Jan 17 2024.
Jan 17 2024, 9:17 PM
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