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an artistic sculpture is in the water near a building with large circular windows on it's side
Amazing Bridges It restored navigability across Scotland on the historic Forth & Clyde Canal and Union Chanal. The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. It is named after the nearby town of Falkirk in central Scotland. The two canals were previously connected by a series of 11 locks, but by the 1930s these had fallen into disuse, were filled in and the land built upon.
an artist's rendering of a bridge over a body of water
World's Strangest Bridges
World's Strangest Bridges: Falkirk Wheel, Falkirk, ScotlandA series of 11 locks once raised small ships the 115 feet from the Union Canal to the Forth and Clyde Canal above. When the entire mechanism was disassembled in 1933, this vital shipping link was broken. Seeking to reconnect the two canals, in 2002, British Waterways built the Falkirk Wheel, a strange contraption that allows ships to sail into a sealed bathlike pod that then rotates, bringing the boat to the new water level above.
an aerial view of a bridge over a body of water
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The Falkirk Wheel—As the centrepiece of The Millennium Link, the project to reconnect and regenerate the Forth & Clyde and Union canals, The Falkirk Wheel is hailed as a monument to the skills of modern engineering. Created to replace the flight of eleven locks that originally connected the two canals, the magnificent 115 ft Wheel is made of steel with two giant caissons each capable of carrying up to four boats at a time.
a bridge that is over some water with buildings in the back ground and clouds in the sky
The Squinty Bridge (1)
The Squinty Bridge ~ River Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland
an aerial view of a bridge with cars driving on it
Ponte sobre o lago Paranoá
an old photo of the golden gate bridge
Washington
Golden Gate Bridge under construction.
an arch shaped structure with mountains in the background at night, lit up by street lights
Mt Taranaki ~ from Rewa Rewa Bridge, New Zealand
a bridge that is over water with lights in the sky above it and reflecting on the water
Infinity bridge
Infinity Bridge, Stockton-on-Tees, Northeast England
the sun is setting over an ocean with a long bridge in the distance and clouds
Coronado Bridge at sunrise, Coronado Island (San Diego), California USA. | Blaine Harrington III
Coronado Bridge at sunrise, Coronado Island (San Diego), California | Blaine Harrington Photography
a large bridge spanning over a body of water
The Humber Bridge
The Humber Bridge - near Kingston upon Hull, England, is a 2,428 yard single-span suspension bridge