INCREDIBLE FALKIRK WHEEL
The Wheel (as it is known) is a unique lifting bridge designed to reconnect the Forth & Clyde and Union canals between Glasgow and Edinburgh in Scotland. It is the world’s first rotating boat lift and the first boat lift to be built in the UK since 1875.
The project is part of a £78m British Waterways scheme to restore the two canals to their former glory. Construction of the interchange section, which comprises the Wheel, an elevated aqueduct at its upper end and a holding basin at its lower, is being led by a joint venture of Morrison and Bachy-Soletanche. Butterley Engineering, designers and manufacturers of the wheel, Tony Gee and Partners, structural engineering specialists and Bennett Associates, M&E engineering specialists and architects RMJM Scotland Ltd. complete the team.
The Wheel has an outside diameter of 35m, and comprises two 1.4m wide steel, clawed arms rotating on a 3.5 m diameter axle. A pair of 25m long, 300 m3 water filled caissons (or "gondolas") act as containers for boats which are lifted through the 24m vertical distance between the two canals. Drive is provided at one end of the axle through a system of hydraulic planetary gear units, with stability of the caissons ensured by a network of synchronised gears. It is capable of carrying a total payload of 600 tonnes in winds of Beaufort Force 6 (25-31 miles per hour). Boat transfer time is about 15 minutes.
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British engineering at it's best
The best thing about Falkirk is the fact you can drive right past it 😂
I went there yesterday
Omg I live there # falkirk
I'm in Scotland rn
I live there 😅😅
@Dustlicker
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same
Brilliant to see worth a visit when in the area if you enjoy engineering.
I take my kids on every xmas. They put on a great santa, christmas experience. 😊
I totally didn’t know this this is a new bit of knowledge I never knew I totally don’t live next to it
Fun fact the Falkirk wheel was made in 2001
Great day out at the wheel, then go to the Helix, another great place to visit.
It only takes 1.5kWh to rotate, about 20p @ wholesale energy costs
That’s ten minutes away from where I live
Its alright rather go to the kelpies tho prob
C'mon scotland😂
been there
the Falkirk wheel is so fun to be on that's why i love being in Falkirk in my opinion its an under rated place but we got the kelpies and no school shootings
@davidcooper8892
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What a strange fucking comment
@bearnecessiteespolio5359
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You know a place is kinda sh*t when one of the best things about it is: "no school shootings"
@SirDudester44
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It’s also ruff as Tarzan’s feet’s and junkieville but hey ho
@boshboshbosh1
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You could call Falkirk a shitehole and it would still be overrated
@stubo74
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Ken like
Falkirk also has 2 giant horses heads. And thousands of horses arses !
Pass it every day in life and still not been in to see it...quite embarrassing 😂
Helix ix brialliant
Was that the dude who's on KZread and lives in his boat??? That would be a crazy coincidence
@bearnecessiteespolio5359
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Yes!! Great eye buddy. If you look closely at exactly 0:04 seconds you can see him there. Insanely satisfying
@debacofzomb9889
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@@bearnecessiteespolio5359 nice 👍😁
POV u live in Scotland.
I live so close to that
Ive stayed here for 19 years and its cool but gets boring afyer a few years
I been to much times
Was biggest waste of money before the kelpies !!!!
As some one who lives in Falkirk in person it’s not that impressive in person
No connects Falkirk and edinburgh lol
@ryanlaird6447
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Theoretically they are right as the forth and clyde canal connects Glasgow and falkirk The union canal connects falkirk to Edinburgh So you can travel on boat from Glasgow to Edinburgh using the falkirk wheel
@user-tx3bn5rx3v
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He says between Glasgow and Edinburgh… which is perfectly true. I grew up in Falkirk and it’s essentially in the middle of the 2 cities