Title

Falkirk Wheel, Stirlingshire, Scotland, 2009.

Caption

Falkirk Wheel, Stirlingshire, Scotland, 2009. The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift that connects the Forth and Clyde Canal and the Union Canal. A project funded by the Millennium Commission, it was part of a scheme to regenerate the canal system of central Scotland and was opened in 2002 as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee celebrations.

Date

1833

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Peter Thompson

Reference

HRM19D72_388

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (1,4Mb) / 17,1in x 11,4in / 5120 x 3413 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation water building buildings technology boat boats country British color colour Scotland canal waterway location SCOTTISH century Britain civil engineering 21st century Stirlingshire water transport Scots PETER THOMPSON 2000s Millennium project TGN photograph Falkirk Peter Thompson Thompson Peter PTM Falkirk Wheel Forth and Clyde Canal rotating boat lift Union Canal photograph