Saturday, December 27, 2014

The Falkirk Wheel, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland - 30th November, 2014



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYSO0Td1oR0 The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift in Scotland, connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. Named after the nearby town of Falkirk in central Scotland, the lift opened in 2002, reconnecting the two canals for the first time since the 1930s as part of the Millennium Link project. To read more about the Falkirk Wheel, click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel . This film features footage of the wheel in action as it raises one boat and lowers another into the Falkirk Wheel basin, it also features views of a miniature reproduction of The Kelpies, a large pair of sculptures in nearby Helix Park. To read more about Falkirk, click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkirk . To read more about the Forth and Clyde Canal, click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_and_Clyde_Canal . To read more about the Union Canal, click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Canal_(Scotland) . To see a film of the Kelpies in Helix Park, Falkirk, click here: http://youtu.be/bQcag49V50A . If you liked this film there are many more like it on my YouTube channel, which can be found at https://www.youtube.com/user/stuartmoss . Please do check out my channel and subscribe to my videos by clicking the red subscribe button. You can also find my travel films and photography updates on the following: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mosstravel please like my Facebook page; WordPress: http://mosstraveltv.wordpress.com please follow my blog by clicking the +Follow link; Tumblr: http://stuartmoss.tumblr.com please follow my blog by clicking the +Follow button; Blogger: http://mosstraveltv.blogspot.co.uk please follow my blog by bookmarking the page; Google+ just add +stuartmoss ; and You can follow my travels on Twitter @mosstraveltv or by visiting https://twitter.com/mosstraveltv .

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