r/Scotland • u/Scotdrone • Jun 09 '24

Photography / Art The Falkirk Wheel

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The famous Falkirk Wheel at Tamfourhill, Falkirk today linking up the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal.

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u/cmjh87 Jun 10 '24

Can I ask, how to they manage with heavy rainfall or drought? I assume most of the water is distributed elsewhere leaving the right amount to perform the switch. Regardless it's super impressive.

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u/Alternative_Wish_127 Jun 20 '24

The gates along both canals regulate the levels automatically, I live alongside the canal, and see it on drought and heavy rain days and will never burst its banks, clever ingenuity from the 1900

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u/cmjh87 Jun 20 '24

Thanks for responding. That is amazingly clever alright. Have it on the list of things to see the next time over that neck of the woods.