Facts and Figures!
Height from the Union Canal above the Forth and Clyde Canal - 25 metres
Height of the Falkirk Wheel - 35 metres
Weight of the Falkirk Wheel itself - 1800 tonnes
Amount of power used to drive this in one revolution - the same as you would need for 6 kettles!
Weight that the computer controlled machinery can lift - 500 tonnes of boats plus water
Weight of steel needed to construct the Wheel - 1,200 tonnes
Number of bolts - 15,000
Number of bolt holes - 45,000
Total journey time for one revolution - 15 minutes
  
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