Falkirk Wheel
Location type
Name and dates
Falkirk Wheel (2002-)Opened on the Tourist - Attractions.
Description
This unique rotating boat lift connects the Forth and Clyde Canal and Union Canal.
It replaces a flight of eleven locks which fell out of use in the 1930s, and which were located further east at Port Downie Basin.
The wheel is a tourist attraction.
Scottish Canals - Falkirk Wheel
Tags
Wheel tourist attraction
| Nearby stations Camelon [1st] Camelon Falkirk Camelon [1st] Bonnybridge Larbert Bonnybridge Canal Goods Bonnybridge Central Falkirk High Greenhill Falkirk Grahamston Upper Greenhill Denny Dennyloanhead Alloa Junction Thornbridge Halt | Carmuirs Tunnel Rough Castle Tar Works Rough Castle Guano Works Camelon Junction Lime Road Goods Carmuirs West Junction Rough Castle Sidings Roughcastle Junction Rough Castle Brick Works Denny West Junction Camelon Chemical Works Alexander Dennis Bus Factory Carmuirs East Junction Forth and Clyde Iron Works Tourist/other Rough Castle Roman Fort |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
News items
| 27/10/2021 | Falkirk's Union Canal gets ready to mark its bicentenary [Falkirk Herald] |
