Falkirk Wheel, World's Only Rotating Boat Lift

See more information on this fascinating wheel at Web site The works building and the visitor center are to the left. On the boat ready to enter the gondola. Mike the guide was very amusing. Entering the gondolas Gears which rotate the gondolas. Now halfway through the rotating. We were at ground level - now in the air! The canel is just beyond. The space between the rubber gates is flooded and then gates are lowered. Leaving the gondola. Inside our boat. Great view of countryside from the top. The Roughcastle Tunnel. The width is the maximum a boat can be to get through the upper level canels. We turned around in the South Basin at the base of the Top Lock which leads to the Union Canel. A house boat has come up the wheel. We wait until they pass. Back into the gondola for the ride down.

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