The Little Book of Civilisation - Institution of Civil Engineers
The Little Book of Civilisation - Institution of Civil Engineers
The Little Book of Civilisation - Institution of Civil Engineers
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<strong>The</strong> Falkirk Wheel<br />
<strong>The</strong> Falkirk Wheel, UK, completed in 2002, is the world’s first and<br />
only rotating boat lift. It was designed to join the Forth & Clyde<br />
Canal and Union Canal. By looking at a problem from a new<br />
angle, civil engineers designed <strong>The</strong> Falkirk Wheel to lift<br />
boats from one canal level to the other over a distance<br />
<strong>of</strong> 35m, using almost no energy at all. Moving a boat<br />
this far would normally need the boat to pass<br />
through up to 11 locks. <strong>The</strong> Falkirk Wheel<br />
achieves this in one elegant movement.<br />
Find out more at<br />
www.thefalkirkwheel.co.uk<br />
www.butterleyengineering.com<br />
Photography: Environment Agency
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