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Uploaded by on Apr 22, 2007

The working of the Falkirk Wheel in Flakirk, Scotland.

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  • fuck youtube and wmg and all of the internet including you

  • @baconology What did I do to deserve such a rude comment?

  • The Falkirk wheel was made at the Butterley engineering works,Ripley,Derbyshire, where i work.My dad made parts of the wheel.

  • Great piece of engineering, your dad must very satisfied to have worked on a project like this? I know I would have been!

    So, did my clip do the Wheel any justice?

  • Two questions only! First, what's the name of the music(if it's from a band, could you tell me the name? I would be very thankful!)?

    Second, Why the water has to be pumpped out before it starts to go around?

  • "Concerning Hobbits" from the soundtrack of the 2001 film: The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring.

    The song is available on iTunes.

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  • Holy! Never seen this structure before, It looks awesome! Aaand, this music made me sad. :/

  • Engineering FTW!

  • I live just up the hill from this place. Good place to go on a nice day.

  • @EMSLS I can think of 2 reasons. The 1st is only asthetic. Wouldn't look as nice if the top portion dumped a load of water when it started to move. The 2nd, and far more important would be a method by which the gate system is checked for proper closure and /or leakage prior to the wheel beginning it's rotation. A failure of a door or seal could result in damage to the boat or in a worst case senario where the door completely fails, the boat could exit during revolution.

  • yeah....my fatrher also work there too...he is manager part

  • This is an excellent form of engineering!

  • operating this may be the most boring job in the world.

    awesome piece of engineering though.

  • to bad its ugly

  • amazing!!!

  • amazing

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