- We are driving past Falkirk Wheel on the way to Stirling around 5-6pm in summer.
- The various parts of The Falkirk Wheel were all constructed and assembled, like one giant toy building set, at Butterley Engineering’s Steelworks in Derbyshire...
- The Falkirk Wheel is a popular tourist attraction near Falkirk that has the distinction of being the world’s only rotating 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...
- The entire wheel was actually built in Derbyshire and transported to Falkirk for construction in 1999 and was opened in 2002 by Queen Elizabeth II during...
- Rather than looking for a terraforming, futuristic solution, the Falkirk Wheel’s architects and engineers came up with a perfectly old-fashioned mechanical solution...
- Most tourists to Scotland have visions of tartan, highland games, castles, the clans, and other historical features, but more and more people are visiting the Falkirk...
- The image below is at the Falkirk Wheel looking east along the Forth and Clyde Canal towards Falkirk town, just over 2 miles to the town centre.
- On 24th May 2002, Queen Elizabeth II opened the Falkirk Wheel as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations after a successful construction.
- The Falkirk Wheel boat lift is an exceptional feat of modern engineering that connects the Forth & Clyde and Union Canals.