Falkirk Wheel
The Forth & Clyde and Union Canals were linked by a flight of 11 locks which took nearly a day to transit. These were dismantled in 1933.
Work started on the ambitious £84.5million Millennium Link projects to rejoin the two canals in 1998.
The world’s first and only rotating boat lift was opened by Her Majesty, The Queen in 2002
Find out more at https://www.scottishcanals.co.uk/falkirk-wheel Copyright Scottish Canals.
| Union Canal Junction | ¾ furlongs | |
| Golden Jubilee Lock | 1 furlong | |
Falkirk Wheel Basin  | 1½ furlongs | |
| Falkirk Wheel (lower level) | ||
| Falkirk Wheel (upper level) | ||
| Falkirk Wheel Aqueduct (northern end) | a few yards | |
| Falkirk Wheel Aqueduct (southern end) | ½ furlongs | |
| Rough Castle Tunnel Winding Hole | 1 furlong | |
| Rough Castle Tunnel (northern entrance) | 1¼ furlongs | |
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Wikipedia has a page about Falkirk Wheel
The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift in central Scotland, connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. The lift is named after Falkirk, the town in which it is located. It reconnects the two canals for the first time since the 1930s. It opened in 2002 as part of the Millennium Link project.
The plan to regenerate central Scotland's canals and reconnect Glasgow with Edinburgh was led by British Waterways with support and funding from seven local authorities, the Scottish Enterprise Network, the European Regional Development Fund, and the Millennium Commission. Planners decided early on to create a dramatic 21st-century landmark structure to reconnect the canals, instead of simply recreating the historic lock flight.
The wheel raises boats by 24 metres (79 ft), but the Union Canal is still 11 metres (36 ft) higher than the aqueduct which meets the wheel. Boats must also pass through a pair of locks between the top of the wheel and the Union Canal. The Falkirk Wheel is the only rotating boat lift of its kind in the world, and one of two working boat lifts in the United Kingdom, the other being the Anderton Boat Lift.