Rotating Boat Lift On History Visit To Falkirk In Central Scotland

Tour Scotland short travel video clip, with Scottish music, of the Falkirk Wheel a rotating boat lift in central Scotland, connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal on visit to Falkirk. The Falkirk Wheel 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. The Falkirk Wheel has not only been described as a feat of engineering but as a work of art and is now an iconic Scottish landmark attracting over 500,000 visitors a year. 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 Scottish Lowlands. 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. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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