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Falkirk Wheel

In Falkirk, Scotland a giant wheel to lift canal boats from one canal to another(@ 200 feet)without the need for many locks  
 
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meerkatcity (1 month ago) Show Hide
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amazing engineering!
Crazy4Cavies (2 months ago) Show Hide
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I live down the road from the falkirk wheel. I go there very often.
Pvtjamesryan2 (4 months ago) Show Hide
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So amazing.

Leave it to Scotland to show us the way. =D
bonzo874 (4 months ago) Show Hide
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lang mae a' yr lums reek
MarcM457 (4 months ago) Show Hide
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I'm scottish, and ye didnae need tae speak like this, we aint wee neds. SPEAK SO EVEN OTHER SCOTS CAN UNDERSTAND :P

I went on this. 5 minutes of sheer awsomeness :D
NiallMS (6 months ago) Show Hide
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Well I was there for one week and it pissed down for seven days. Even the locals were moaning. (Argyll)!
NiallMS (6 months ago) Show Hide
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I didnae ca' it Scotch I ca'd it scotch whisky tae differentiate it from the Irish stuff, that's a'.
And no, i'm no goin' tae abuse ye for I realise that yer jyst a simple teuchter!
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Very good. My gran is Scottish, but the local Oldham accent has rubbed off on her. It's a queer little cross between the two.

This looks like a fine piece and example of modern engineering, but it looks bloody scary.
NiallMS (6 months ago) Show Hide
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Scotch "Whisky" doesn't have an 'e' in it you ignorant git.
Irish "whiskey" has an 'e' in it!
gotz777 (6 months ago) Show Hide
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so mibi jeest mibi av goat mair irish in me than scoatish. dis that make me ignorant? or jist anither way o spellin the same word?
uisge beatha? thats wan wiy o spellin it
wan thing a wull never day is caw it scotch. you did. whit thi fuuuuck is scotch?
drap yir troosers, pull doon yir y fronts and check oot yir wan eared spacehopper. yoo hiv goat something in commin way that.
bayth bawbags.
your turn tay abuse me noo
PS doant be shy yir maw wisnay.
signed
yir da

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