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EVEN looks like a piece of computer-generated scenery, Falkirk Wheel is actually a transport ship from the two channels which have different height. This makes it as one of the interesting tourist attractions in Scotland.
The Millennium Link project is trying to restore the cruise through central Scotland to connect the historic Forth and Clyde canal with a separate Union canal a distance of about 35 meters. To overcome this ancient mechanical futuristic solution is made of a rotating boatlift. Unique in the world, the Falkirk Wheel has a way of working is actually quite simple. One boat entered the elevator on the bottom while the others after traveling on an elevated bridge from the other lines into the elevator upstairs.
When two boats are in safe positions, both having an exchange of position. Rotation of the project which cost 17.5 million euros this takes seven minutes. Level difference between two channels is 24 meters (79 feet). Roughly equivalent to the height of the eight-story building. Like many of the Millennium Commission project, on this site, you will also find shops, cafes and convention centers. Read the rest of this entry »