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As the world’s first
and only rotating boat lift,
The
Falkirk Wheel is quite simply unique.
The magnificent structure has
been hailed as a monument to the skills of modern engineering
and was created to replace the flight of eleven locks
that originally connected the Forth & Clyde and
Union Canals.
Now established as one of
Scotland’s leading visitor attractions, The
Falkirk Wheel is the spectacular centrepiece of
the £84.5 million Millennium Link project, which
has
re-established the waterway link between Scotland’s
east and west coasts, and between Glasgow and Edinburgh,
after a break of seventy years.
Situated in a natural amphitheatre
between two of Scotland’s most historic inland
waterways,
The
Falkirk Wheel - with its basin, expansive areas
of hard standing and excellent transport links - is
the ideal location for The Scottish Boat Show.
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