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The Falkirk Wheel is the world's only rotating boat lift, connecting Scotland's Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. The wheel uses Archimedes' Principle to perfectly counterbalance two giant water-filled gondolas, allowing it to lift boats 24 metres in just five minutes, Tamfourhill, Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date

01 juil. 2026

Crédit

Photo12/ImageBROKER/David Rowland

Notre référence

BRK26I08_196

Model release

NA

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

104.8Mo (34.9Mo) / 41.9cm x 62.7cm / 4943 x 7411 (300dpi)

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