Falkirk Wheel 2 of 3

Falkirk Wheel 2 of 3 pictures, The Falkirk Wheel Transports boats between the 2 canals by rotating the boats, which are driven in to special gondolas which are then sealed by waterproof gates to keep the water in.Then the wheel rotates and once the gates go down the boats can drive out of the gondola and on their way down the canal. Before the wheel you had to traverse 13 locks to get between the 2 canals. This usually took about a day