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    The Falkirk Wheel (Scottish Gaelic: Cuibhle na h-Eaglaise Brice) is a rotating boat lift in Tamfourhill, Falkirk, in central Scotland, connecting the Forth...
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    now based in Edinburgh, produces the Falkirk Herald. Attractions in and around Falkirk include the Falkirk Wheel, The Helix, The Kelpies, Callendar House...
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    and included the Falkirk Wheel, a 100-foot (30-metre) revolving boat lift that connects it to the Union Canal. By 2014, the Falkirk Wheel had become one...
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  • The Millennium Link project replaced the locks with a boat lift, the Falkirk Wheel. The project launch was in October 1994, and it received a grant of...
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    Union Canal (Scotland) (category Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Falkirk)
    in 2001 and reconnected to the Forth and Clyde Canal in 2002 by the Falkirk Wheel. It is now in popular use for leisure purposes. The canal was conceived...
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    Tamfourhill (category Villages in Falkirk (council area))
    of Falkirk within the Falkirk (council area), Scotland. It is located approximately 1.5 miles (2.5 kilometres) west of the city centre. The Falkirk Wheel...
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  • bears the image of Walter Scott on the obverse and a vignette of the Falkirk Wheel and The Kelpies on the reverse. Paper currency was introduced in Scotland...
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    only two working boat lifts in the United Kingdom; the other is the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland. Salt has been extracted from rock salt beds underneath...
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    moving, like the Anderton boat lift in England, rotational, like the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland, or operate on an inclined plane, like the Ronquières inclined...
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    Forth and Clyde Canal (category Transport in Falkirk (council area))
    Guide: Glasgow, The Forth and Clyde Canal – surveying the canal Falkirk Wheel The Falkirk Wheel – The Forth and Clyde Canal History of the Forth and Clyde...
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    as the restoration of the Anderton Boat Lift, or the building of the Falkirk Wheel attracted development funding from the European Union and from the Millennium...
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    The Kelpies (category Buildings and structures in Falkirk (council area))
    including Edinburgh Airport, the Field Museum in Grant Park, Chicago, The Falkirk Wheel, Expo 2011 (Aberdeen), Expo 2012 (Edinburgh) and Expo 2013 (Glasgow)...
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  • Hutchesontown Area B housing estate, Gorbals, Glasgow, United Kingdom Falkirk Wheel, Falkirk, United Kingdom University of Strathclyde campus masterplan, Glasgow...
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    steelwork. One of the company's prestige projects was the Falkirk Wheel, a boatlift at Falkirk, Scotland to reconnect the Forth & Clyde Canal and the Union...
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    first commercially successful boat lift and until the opening of the Falkirk Wheel the only boat lift in the United Kingdom. Bingley Five Rise Locks, a...
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    size for easy transport and handling); for example the bearings on the Falkirk Wheel are 4 meters diameter and fit over a 3.5 meter axle. Slewing bearings...
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    transportation became increasingly important leading to the development of the wheel and sailing. Until modern times there was no clear distinction between civil...
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  • travel Scotland's highest aqueduct and go through its longest canal tunnel. They also visit 21st-century canal technology with the Falkirk Wheel. 2.02m...
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    in Physiology or Medicine in 1945. Modern Scottish inventions – the Falkirk Wheel and the Glasgow Tower – hold world records for being the only rotating...
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    Glenfinnan Viaduct £20 note features the Forth Bridge £50 note features the Falkirk Wheel £100 note features the Kessock Bridge On 1 March 2018 the Bank of Scotland...
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  • central Scotland Falkirk Wheel, a rotating boat lift in central Scotland, connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal Falkirk Center for Faith...
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    Glenfinnan Viaduct In circulation £20 Forth Bridge In circulation £50 Falkirk Wheel & The Kelpies In circulation £100 Flora Murray In circulation Bridges...
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    Notes issued from 1 January 2007 feature the Royal Bank of Scotland "daisy wheel" logo. In November 2006, Ulster Bank issued its first commemorative banknote...
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    slopes, and boat lifts with types like the Anderton boat lift, the Falkirk Wheel and the Strépy-Thieu boat lift. The eight locks of Fonserannes on the...
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    Congreve's hydropneumatic lock. The inclined planes of Dukart's Canal Falkirk Wheel Foxton Inclined Plane (dismantled 1926, now remains only) The boat lifts...
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    Falkirk High railway station, Falkirk Old Parish Church, Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk Steeple, Falkirk Wheel Fankerton Forth & Clyde Canal Glen Village Glensburgh...
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  • suspended platform used by window cleaners Gondola, major component of the Falkirk Wheel rotating boat lift in Scotland, UK Spy gondola, an observation compartment...
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    and Ohio Canal Trail Forth to Firth Canal Pathway along route of the Falkirk Wheel. D&R Canal Trail Thames Path Erie Canal Augusta Canal Ohio and Erie...
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    Buick (1854–1929) Tubular steel: Sir William Fairbairn (1789–1874) The Falkirk wheel: Initial designs by Nicoll Russell Studios, Architects, RMJM and engineers...
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    the French-language Wikipedia from which this article was translated Falkirk Wheel "Travel Talk". Autocar. 128 (nbr 3774): 50. 13 June 1968. "The inclined...
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