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A timelapse from inside a boat. The Falkirk Wheel (Scottish Gaelic: Cuibhle na h-Eaglaise Brice) is a rotating boat lift in Tamfourhill, Falkirk, in central Scotland, connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. It opened in 2002 as part of the Millennium Link project, reconnecting the two canals for the first time since the 1930s.
Forth and Clyde Canal. Coordinates: 55°55′47″N 4°28′56″W. The Forth and Clyde Canal, near Bonnybridge and Larbert. The Forth and Clyde Canal is a canal opened in 1790, crossing central Scotland; it provided a route for the seagoing vessels of the day between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde at the narrowest part of the ...
Union Canal (Scotland) Coordinates: 55°56′33.24″N 3°12′29.29″W. Frozen overflow channel at the River Almond aqueduct during the big freeze of 2010. The Union Canal, full name the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal, is a canal in Scotland, running from Falkirk to Edinburgh, constructed to bring minerals, especially coal, to the capital.
The Falkirk Wheel allows water craft to move between the Forth & Clyde and Union canals. It replaces the eleven locks that used to allow boats to traverse the 110 ft (34 m) height difference between the two canals. [14] The Falkirk Tunnel is the oldest and longest canal tunnel in Scotland. It is 631 metres long, 5.5 metres wide and 6 metres high.
Falkirk The Marion Seagull was named in honour of Marion H. Salvesen, whose charitable trust funded the building of this residential boat. It is the only boat in the fleet which can be hired by a family with a disabled member. Marjorie Seagull: Kirkintilloch The Marjorie Seagull was the second boat to arrive at Kirkintilloch. Highland Seagull ...
The Helix (Falkirk) The Helix was a land transformation project to improve the connections between and around 16 communities in Falkirk Council, Scotland, including the eastern end of the Forth and Clyde Canal, and to regenerate the area near where the canal joins the River Carron. The most visible feature of the development is the two unique ...
The Kelpies. Coordinates: 56.0191°N 3.7553°W. The Kelpies. The Kelpies are a pair of monumental steel horse-heads between the Scottish towns of Falkirk and Grangemouth. They stand next to the M9 motorway and form the eastern gateway of the Forth and Clyde Canal, which meets the River Carron here. Each head is 30 metres (98 ft) high.
Linlithgow. The Linlithgow Union Canal Society is a waterway society and a Scottish registered charity [1] based at Linlithgow Canal Centre on the Union Canal at Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland. Also known as "LUCS", it was founded in 1975 by Melville Gray to "promote and encourage the restoration and use of the Union Canal, particularly in ...
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