Falkirk Wheel

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boat lift rotating boat lift tourist attraction

The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift in Scotland that uniquely connects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal and serves as an iconic feat of modern engineering.

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Label Occurrences
Falkirk Wheel canonical 7
The Falkirk Wheel 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf boat lift ⓘ
rotating boat lift ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
awarded Structural Steel Design Award (for London Eye) ⓘ
surface form: Structural Steel Design Award
boatTransitTime about 15 minutes ⓘ
category canal infrastructure ⓘ
modern engineering landmark ⓘ
connectsWaterway Forth and Clyde Canal ⓘ
Union Canal ⓘ
constructedBy Morrison-Bachy Soletanche Joint Venture ⓘ
constructionCost £17 million ⓘ
constructionEndDate 2002 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1998 ⓘ
coordinates 56.001°N 3.842°W ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
designedBy Babbage Partnership ⓘ
RMJM ⓘ
designFeature Archimedes principle for water displacement ⓘ
balanced rotating arms ⓘ
elevationDifferenceBridged 24 metres ⓘ
79 feet ⓘ
engineeredBy Ove Arup & Partners ⓘ
surface form: Arup
gondolaCapacity 8 or more boats per gondola ⓘ
hasVisitorCentre yes ⓘ
height 115 feet ⓘ
35 metres ⓘ
locatedIn Falkirk ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
lockFlightHeightDifference 108 feet ⓘ
33 metres ⓘ
managedBy Scottish Canals ⓘ
materialUsed concrete ⓘ
steel ⓘ
nearbyCity Edinburgh ⓘ
Glasgow ⓘ
numberOfGondolas 2 ⓘ
officialOpeningBy Elizabeth II ⓘ
openingDate 2002-05-24 ⓘ
ownedBy Scottish Government ⓘ
partOf Millennium Link project ⓘ
powerRequirement about 1.5 kW ⓘ
about 7 kWh per rotation ⓘ
purpose to reconnect Forth and Clyde Canal with Union Canal ⓘ
replaced flight of 11 locks ⓘ
rotationTime about 4 minutes ⓘ
touristVisitsPerYear hundreds of thousands ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Falkirk → hasLandmark → Falkirk Wheel ⓘ
Falkirk → connectedBy → Falkirk Wheel ⓘ
central Scotland → hasCulturalAttraction → Falkirk Wheel ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Scotland
Forth and Clyde Canal → linkedByStructure → Falkirk Wheel ⓘ
Falkirk council area → hasLandmark → Falkirk Wheel ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Falkirk Wheel
Union Canal → hasStructure → Falkirk Wheel ⓘ
Union Canal → connectedBy → Falkirk Wheel ⓘ
Forth Valley → hasLandmark → Falkirk Wheel ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Falkirk Wheel
Falkirk Helix Park → near → Falkirk Wheel ⓘ