The amazing part isn't that someone designed this nor that it was built and is functional. The most amazing part is that someone looked at the site, and decided that was how the problem would be solved. Makes me want to travel there just to ride in it once.
From a north american point of view, the wonder is that nobody laughs at the idea, shouted NERD and then pocketed the money and just build some overpass for cars...
It is a little underwhelming when you're there. My impression is that it's mainly used for tourism as not a lot of river traffic. It's like a theme park ride with no thrills
What an elegant (i.e. simple) solution to an elevation problem. Many locations would have built traditional locks to get the boats from one level to the other, which would have torn up large tracts of land and likely cost even more. Kudos to the engineers who created this!
They are Scotty , Enterprise Engineer Star Trek. Tony Kettle,North of England, so English. The wheel constructed in that well known Scottish County, Derbyshire. In case you dont know where that is, its England.
This is amazing! I never heard of it before. I was thinking different boats would cause differences in weight until he talked about displacement. Nice presentation.
Its everytime the same weigth on both sides - phisikal principal. It dosent matter if there are 3 heavy botes on one side and non on the other. The amought of water is fixing it if the level is the same.
One of the aspects I find truly amazing is the really low horsepower required to raise the ship- 30 HP! Great engineering and visually appealing! Well done Scots!
The two flails are always in equilibrium, the 30 HP "only" serve to give the speed of rotation of the whole (and to fight as the friction). if I am not mistaken, an empty or loaded boat, it is a volume of water that varies according to the law of Archimedes.
I turned on Closed Captioning while watching the video. The CC AI had more trouble understanding the Scottish accent than I did! Maybe that's because my ancestry is 50% Scottish!
Just discovered this rare beauty on a British documentary only yesterday. I live in France, but hope to see Bonnie Scotland before I die. Also I love whiskey- the proper stuff.
It's a beautiful surrounding, I grew up there, that area used to be the tar works. ..with the fish works some way back ..the stink could be eye watering.So it's an even more impressive achievement. What happened to the tar pool I fell in?
I stupidly wondered how forces would differ with heavier and lighter boats, then the narrator pointed out that the displacement of water keeps the loads balanced. Simply brilliant.
Excellent video informative without being boring. What an ingenious way to connect the canals. Also a sculpture in and of it's self. Another place I would love to visit. Thank you for sharing.
I saw a tv documentary on engineering marvels that had an episode on the Falkirk Wheel. As an engineer, this impressed me so much that my wife and I travelled to Falkirk and spent a half day there. We travelled on the Antonine through the wheel and a little of the canal. If you are in Scotland it is a must see, a breathtaking piece of engineering art. We travelled from NZ and spent a week in Scotland had I have known how much I would love Scotland it would have been a month. What a stunning country, and yes home of my forebears
@@timothyneiswander3151 yip....super nerd...I have a shed full of laser Cutters , 3d printers, lathes and mills....etc, but most surprisingly two daughters!
Clever but simple engineering, a beautiful piece of architecture, anyone involved must feel rightly proud. Blends the old with the new and complements both. Engineering in the Uk is still alive.
I sometimes watch a movie where the dialogue is vital to the plot. Then they play some unnecessary annoying music just to make it harder to hear the words. Why?
Even I'm impressed and I'm a mechanical engineer.... It's very difficult bringing beauty and function together....the designers of this construction have passed this test....with distinction.
Well that has to be the best 8 minutes I've spent on RUclips in ages. Perfect commentary, filled with interesting facts and no fluff. Thanks for uploading, much appreciated. Shame I live down in the south west as I'd love to see it in action for real.
Tar Heel Brit. I live near Bristol I went up 8n June so light early in morning and dark at 10 30 so long day of light I left at 5 am got to falkert at around 11 o'clock done the wheel had a boat ride on a barg along the canal and back down the wheel went to visitors centre not a lot to do there so left after 2 hours drove along to the kelpies which was amazing left about 5 pm got home 10 45 ish worth a long day out hope you do it and enjoy it as much as I did
Yes, 8' of Sanity and Amazement, not to mention the sheer Beauty of the Engineering. So go see it, eh? Don't be like the idiots that haven't anything good to say. . .
Holy cow! Yay Scotland! Still innovating... I had no idea this was a thing... I even visited Scotland in 2004 for my first trip at 19... I wish I had seen this badassery then. But I'll settle for 2020.
Well done.. When a college student in England I had the opportunity to navigate the Grand Union canal as a volunteer lock operator moving a pleasure boat from north of London to the Thames. It was a grand and memorable adventure.
This is amazing, I have never seen anything like this before. The design is absolutely beautiful, and the energy efficiency is really impressive, considering the size. I would have thought it would take far more power.
Awesome, yet simplistic engineering. This is just a sampling of what man can do when our mind is open to ideas. This is great. Should last for a very long time.
Excellent video and commentary. Also it was built by Butterley Engineering of Ripley Derbyshire (my home town). The company has now sadly closed down and nearly all the building have been pulled down. I will get up to see this one day.
Absolutely amazing! Whoever came up with this simple design is a genius. Archimedes at work! Plus it uses such little power to operate. On my bucket list.
Because the weight of the narrowboats are displacing an equal weight of water, both sides, once initially balanced, will always be balanced. (As stated by the narrator.) Archimedes would be proud of the design and Michelangelo would be proud of its beauty.
Wir waren 2009 in Schottland auf Rundreise und sahen zufällig das Falkirk Wheel. Eine fantastische Ingenieursleistung und bestimmt noch einmal ein Ziel, wenn ich Schottland wieder besuche. Der Film ist ganz hervorragend gemacht. Danke.
On our trip in the tour barge, the guide was a young lady. Someone in the crown made a humorous remark about ladies being in charge of boats. Quick as a flash she grinned and shot back, "Who was captain of the Titanic? A boy or a girlie?" Roars of laughter. Game, set and match. Great trip. Amazing feat of engineering.😄
I have witnessed the informational video on the engineering masterpiece of the Falkirk wheel which includes a visiting centre - and I am a changed man. Before, I was cynical and blind, and towards the end of my journey I found myself weeping softly to the ethereal melodies as the narrator confided in us that the Kalkirk wheel operates on the same amount of power it takes to boil 8 kettles of water. Pure emotion! Nothing prepares you for this transfiguration
the content is good, the filming great, commentary slow but quirky. However the whole film is painfully slo-o-o-owww. It would be much improved with editing out half the film and being shorter. Easily done and keeping the same information.
Patricia Hope No it wouldn't. I hate the MTV two second attention span style flipping views all over the place so you can't see what is really going on. No thanks.
Patricia Hope No it wouldn't. I hate the MTV two second attention span style flipping views all over the place so you can't see what is really going on. No thanks.
I don't know how many times I have driven past the sign for the Falkirk Wheel when I was visiting my auntie and wondered what it was. Wish I had taken the time to find out. Makes you proud to be Scottish, doesn't it.
@@6Crasher6 Yes it was built in My town Ripley Derbyshire by the Butterley company of St Pancras station fame. Note to do with Scotland until delivered and assembled.
Fantastic experience. Did it about 6yrs ago . Unfortunately it rained all day and unable to see the views when it was at the top. Still it was great. A must do.
I’ve done the Falkirk wheel. It’s amazing experience. Although for someone who’s scared of heights it was intimidating. My mum dad and I did it on a narrowboat, so the view was even more spectacular.
Props to the narrator
That is one godly voice right there
He sounds like my country's most popular flat earther
@@dhedetry8571 lmao
I found it annoying
The speed is set wrong.. For real voice, set speed to 1.25.
@@rukeyser. Thank you for pointing that out. I would not have known.
Never knew this existed. Now it’s a bucket list entry.
I live 10 minutes away,it’s not too exciting lol
Well worth a visit! Was born near the site.
Both my self and RUclips agree, I needed the Falkirk Wheel in my life today.
Funniest thing I've read for the day...😂😂
Five days behind you, but, samesies!!
I needed a reminder of how it's called.
Russian shiplift to a height of 120 meters :) ruclips.net/video/pjUPL2_Jzjg/видео.html
I had this suggested the other day, it's absolutely gorgeous!!
The amazing part isn't that someone designed this nor that it was built and is functional. The most amazing part is that someone looked at the site, and decided that was how the problem would be solved. Makes me want to travel there just to ride in it once.
Most likely built to be a tourist attraction, seemingly works if you want to go just for that.
From a north american point of view, the wonder is that nobody laughs at the idea, shouted NERD and then pocketed the money and just build some overpass for cars...
I live 10 mins away and it’s pretty boring
It is a little underwhelming when you're there. My impression is that it's mainly used for tourism as not a lot of river traffic. It's like a theme park ride with no thrills
Instablaster...
Nice job of getting God to do the voice over. Who'd have guessed he had a scottish accent?
Of course he has a Scottish accent.
Well, if it’s not Scottish - it’s crap!
Sounds like historian tom devine
He sounds like a piss head warbling into a microphone in the middle of a tunnel.
@aboctok He's use to Cubic cubits. ;-)
The narator really makes me sleep, great work
Seriously one of the most amazing feats of engineering I've ever seen! I would love to see this in person some day.
Check out the anderton boat lift. Similar principle but built in 1875 and still working.
Yet Castle Douglas isn't
one of the ugliegst things i seen thoo, lol.
I live in Falkirk ahahaha
I live close to it
What an elegant (i.e. simple) solution to an elevation problem. Many locations would have built traditional locks to get the boats from one level to the other, which would have torn up large tracts of land and likely cost even more. Kudos to the engineers who created this!
I feel your enthusiasm brother.
Yeah he for sure lightened my day!
Lovely video! Soothing and educational at the same time. Thank you!
Just imagine how would’ve been the world without ENGINEERS!!!!
Salute
This is another great example of man's ingenuity. It's truly an engineering marvel! Thank you for posting it.
WOW!!! The engineers in Scotland are brilliant! This is truly a marvel and artwork in motion. Hats of to you guys.
They are Scotty , Enterprise Engineer Star Trek. Tony Kettle,North of England, so English. The wheel constructed in that well known Scottish County, Derbyshire. In case you dont know where that is, its England.
A beautiful piece of engineering as art
This is amazing! I never heard of it before. I was thinking different boats would cause differences in weight until he talked about displacement. Nice presentation.
Its everytime the same weigth on both sides - phisikal principal.
It dosent matter if there are 3 heavy botes on one side and non on the other. The amought of water is fixing it if the level is the same.
@@JK-ku2mj Every boat displaces its one weight in water Archimedes principle!
One of the aspects I find truly amazing is the really low horsepower required to raise the ship- 30 HP!
Great engineering and visually appealing! Well done Scots!
I thought he said "13.2hp". Thanks for the clarification.
Yes, Scottish horses are really lazy. They have to take that into account.
. . . and they pay for it using _LEEEGAL TENDA!_
Balance, and the Archimedes principle which he mentioned. Ingenious, but only part of pre-existing Nature.
The two flails are always in equilibrium, the 30 HP "only" serve to give the speed of rotation of the whole (and to fight as the friction). if I am not mistaken, an empty or loaded boat, it is a volume of water that varies according to the law of Archimedes.
What a brilliant concept, beautifully built. A perfect application of Archimedes' Law.
Realy smart and outstanding engineering work!
Greetings from Germany 🧡🧡🧡
Absolutely lovely! Creative, efficient - very impressive! I love the Scottish speech but I do appreciate the narrator speaking slowly, too.
I turned on Closed Captioning while watching the video. The CC AI had more trouble understanding the Scottish accent than I did! Maybe that's because my ancestry is 50% Scottish!
Just discovered this rare beauty on a British documentary only yesterday. I live in France, but hope to see Bonnie Scotland before I die. Also I love whiskey- the proper stuff.
Glad you enjoyed it.
If you enjoy whiskey you should be going to Kentucky or Ireland. The brew produced by the Scots is whisky.
Fascinating it is good to see geometry, mechanics & Archimedes principles come together as a working sculpture.
I had no idea this existed. I found my jaw hanging open through the first few minutes of the video!
Truly art in motion, beautiful machinery placed wonderful surroundings. Well done.
Brian W
It's a beautiful surrounding, I grew up there, that area used to be the tar works. ..with the fish works some way back ..the stink could be eye watering.So it's an even more impressive achievement. What happened to the tar pool I fell in?
Another work of engineering Art built by the Butterley company of Ripley in Derbyshire.
WOW, astonished at this engineering masterpiece.
Built by The Butterley Company Builders of St Pancras Station in London, Founded by Benjamin Outram Of Ripley Derbyshire
I had the pleasure of riding on this! Amazing and also beautiful! Much credit goes to the engineers for considering the aesthetics.
Visited the Kelpies but didn't get a chance to see the wheel - really enjoyed seeing it operate in real time - much appreciated!
Engineering! The GREATEST of all art forms. Thank you Scotland! I love you guys!
Made in England by the Butterley company Ripley Derbyshire.
This is absolutely incredible! Although it irks me that I have never heard of it before. Great video & audio too. Thank you so much for posting this.
I stupidly wondered how forces would differ with heavier and lighter boats, then the narrator pointed out that the displacement of water keeps the loads balanced. Simply brilliant.
Yeah, i was thinking of the same thing.
good application of Archimedes' principle
Docktor Jim
i heard it took 900 "imperial-gallons" of Scotch drank by workers to build the lift...nice job mates ( chow )
displacement isnt exact weight for weight ..but close enough ahahhahaha
Scotland the Great. Thank you David, from Australia.
Outstanding! The Builder's Work is never done, and we salute the Engineers of the world.
Excellent video informative without being boring. What an ingenious way to connect the canals. Also a sculpture in and of it's self. Another place I would love to visit. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you, I enjoyed this gentle and peaceful look at some marvellous engineering.
Listening to the honeyed voice whilst learning about the Falkirk Wheel was a complete pleasure.
This is amazing. Engineer did a great job
I saw a tv documentary on engineering marvels that had an episode on the Falkirk Wheel. As an engineer, this impressed me so much that my wife and I travelled to Falkirk and spent a half day there. We travelled on the Antonine through the wheel and a little of the canal. If you are in Scotland it is a must see, a breathtaking piece of engineering art. We travelled from NZ and spent a week in Scotland had I have known how much I would love Scotland it would have been a month. What a stunning country, and yes home of my forebears
It's one of the many places on my bucket list!
NERD!!!
but yeah it looks pretty cool. I would stop by if I was in the area.
@@timothyneiswander3151 yip....super nerd...I have a shed full of laser Cutters , 3d printers, lathes and mills....etc, but most surprisingly two daughters!
@@Snagglepuss1952 You keep you daughters in a shed? :(
@@timothyneiswander3151 only till they’re married!
What a brilliant piece of engineering - well done lads! :)
It's an absolutely beautifully executed marvel of first class engineering.
I really hope to see it in real life some day!!
Great engineering but the background music sound like a memorial document video before they destroy the wheel.
Clever but simple engineering, a beautiful piece of architecture, anyone involved must feel rightly proud. Blends the old with the new and complements both.
Engineering in the Uk is still alive.
I sometimes watch a movie where the dialogue is vital to the plot. Then they play some unnecessary annoying music just to make it harder to hear the words. Why?
Before the great fidget spinner attacked
Lol.... I was wondering why I was expecting “ 20 people died that day”! Wrong music for sure....
Doesn’t need music.
@@peterperigoe9231 best engineering must simple and work .
Yet another good reason for me to visit Scotland. To me this is a must see.
This is one gorgeous, beautifully designed...thingy.........said the undereducated yet always curious Yankee gal.......
As a Brit, I can confirm that it is, indeed, a thingy.
Even I'm impressed and I'm a mechanical engineer....
It's very difficult bringing beauty and function together....the designers of this construction have passed this test....with distinction.
It would suck if the whatchamacallit in the thingy went all cattywampus and left the canal traffic discombobulated.
Thanks for sharing, love and respect from Canada🇨🇦
Well that has to be the best 8 minutes I've spent on RUclips in ages. Perfect commentary, filled with interesting facts and no fluff. Thanks for uploading, much appreciated. Shame I live down in the south west as I'd love to see it in action for real.
Tar Heel Brit. I live near Bristol I went up 8n June so light early in morning and dark at 10 30 so long day of light I left at 5 am got to falkert at around 11 o'clock done the wheel had a boat ride on a barg along the canal and back down the wheel went to visitors centre not a lot to do there so left after 2 hours drove along to the kelpies which was amazing left about 5 pm got home 10 45 ish worth a long day out hope you do it and enjoy it as much as I did
Yes, 8' of Sanity and Amazement, not to mention the sheer Beauty of the Engineering. So go see it, eh? Don't be like the idiots that haven't anything good to say. . .
I'm glad I lived in Falkirk and my father is from Falkirk iams first generation American he is from Falkirk
@@waverunner3911 Good man. That's the way to do it! Bet it was one hell of an outing.
Thank you for posting this view and explanation of an engineering marvel. Wonderful to learn more about Scotland and how the world works.
Engineering work done in Derbyshire England. Transported by road to Scotland
This guy sure sounds like he would be the life of the party.
LMAO😂
LMAO😂
He's just hung over. Wait till tonight
The Scottish accent is more suited to threats of violence than educational videos.
I wanna party with this guy
Calling this wheel an engineering wonder is an understatement. This is positively brilliant.
True masterpiece of ingenuity! Like it so much.
Holy cow! Yay Scotland! Still innovating... I had no idea this was a thing... I even visited Scotland in 2004 for my first trip at 19... I wish I had seen this badassery then. But I'll settle for 2020.
This is what I call a technological advance! And it is beautiful.
Well done.. When a college student in England I had the opportunity to navigate the Grand Union canal as a volunteer lock operator moving a pleasure boat from north of London to the Thames. It was a grand and memorable adventure.
Absolutely amazing, it’s the first time i have seen it
Thank you for great and informative video.
This is amazing, I have never seen anything like this before. The design is absolutely beautiful, and the energy efficiency is really impressive, considering the size. I would have thought it would take far more power.
When you get the balance thing worked out, as you can see, it actually takes very little energy to move a lot of mass.
Its a bit like the cliff railways that work on water just a bit extra water on the going down side and off it goes!
This is a great sample of engineering at its best: simple and great, great video!!!
Brilliant in it's simplicity - a piece of functional art
Awesome, yet simplistic engineering. This is just a sampling of what man can do when our mind is open to ideas. This is great. Should last for a very long time.
This is amazing - I hope I'm able to see it in person some day.
You will buddy you will
Cheers from Portugal. Thank you for sharing this video :)
Thanks for watching!
your commentary is wonderful. and thanks for including metric.
Excellent video and commentary. Also it was built by Butterley Engineering of Ripley Derbyshire (my home town). The company has now sadly closed down and nearly all the building have been pulled down. I will get up to see this one day.
OK!! Another item added to the bucket-list. :D Just lovely!
Brillint engineering, artisticly done..great video
I can die happy now, I've found the perfect video. Thanks, Scottish God.
Simply amazing, beautiful video
Absolutely amazing! Whoever came up with this simple design is a genius. Archimedes at work! Plus it uses such little power to operate. On my bucket list.
Because the weight of the narrowboats are displacing an equal weight of water, both sides, once initially balanced, will always be balanced. (As stated by the narrator.) Archimedes would be proud of the design and Michelangelo would be proud of its beauty.
Or only one Narrow boat one side still equal displacement.
His voice seems like he only has a few breaths left to pass on all the secrets of the past.
I know some old school folk might miss the old locks but this one is a superb piece of engineering.
Met the falkirk wheel at a charity do once.
Now that is one of the coolest things I have ever seen! Wish I had thought of it.
wonderful achievement, Archimedes would be proud !!!
Very nicely done video. New addition to my bucket list.
That’s fantastic. Just goes to show you don’t know what’s out there. Amazing. Thank you. For up lodging 27/10/20
Thankyou very much for this video presentation. It was absolutely beautiful to see. Thank you.
I may have to see it.
I'm crap at math but marvel at what engineers can do.
+Michael D. Scots where good engineers in the past look up Stirling hot air engine runs on air
English Engineers can do you mean
This is a brilliant design. I only came across it because I was looking through reviews people had done on google reviews. Brilliant!
Indeed
Getting to ride this thing is amazing. I hope I never forget that memory of being able to experience it
A reading passage in IELTS practice test brought me here. Wonderful engineering! Thanks for your sharing.
Wir waren 2009 in Schottland auf Rundreise und sahen zufällig das Falkirk Wheel. Eine fantastische Ingenieursleistung und bestimmt noch einmal ein Ziel, wenn ich Schottland wieder besuche. Der Film ist ganz hervorragend gemacht. Danke.
Yu better visit Derbyshire England that's where it was built by British Engineers. Not thick Scots
On our trip in the tour barge, the guide was a young lady. Someone in the crown made a humorous remark about ladies being in charge of boats. Quick as a flash she grinned and shot back, "Who was captain of the Titanic? A boy or a girlie?" Roars of laughter. Game, set and match. Great trip. Amazing feat of engineering.😄
Spent 8 minutes watching a fancy axle rotate, not disappointed.
I have witnessed the informational video on the engineering masterpiece of the Falkirk wheel which includes a visiting centre - and I am a changed man. Before, I was cynical and blind, and towards the end of my journey I found myself weeping softly to the ethereal melodies as the narrator confided in us that the Kalkirk wheel operates on the same amount of power it takes to boil 8 kettles of water. Pure emotion! Nothing prepares you for this transfiguration
Thankyou
Superb video, very professional in all aspects. I have filmed and edited several videos and I would be proud of this work. Well done.
Thanks for your comments
the content is good, the filming great, commentary slow but quirky. However the whole film is painfully slo-o-o-owww. It would be much improved with editing out half the film and being shorter. Easily done and keeping the same information.
Patricia Hope I think He intentionally made it this long to give people a better sense of how long it takes to cycle the wheel.
Patricia Hope
No it wouldn't. I hate the MTV two second attention span style flipping views all over the place so you can't see what is really going on. No thanks.
Patricia Hope
No it wouldn't. I hate the MTV two second attention span style flipping views all over the place so you can't see what is really going on. No thanks.
That was awesome and beautiful as well!
this is an engineering marvel and its energy efficient way to go
Just over 8 horse power...? Wow. That is clever engineering. Well done.
Thank you.
great video, I actually saw the grass growing in the background
watch it at 1.5 speed. much more tolerable.
Wow. What an excellent and incredible design of engineering. I had no idea that this existed to properly move watercraft across land and elevations
I don't know how many times I have driven past the sign for the Falkirk Wheel when I was visiting my auntie and wondered what it was. Wish I had taken the time to find out. Makes you proud to be Scottish, doesn't it.
Hmmmm. No. Not really.
Designed by the English built by the English and a present to Scotland I prevered the kelpies still both nice to see
I live on the other side of the planet and I know what the Falkirk wheel is. Crazy!
@@6Crasher6 Yes it was built in My town Ripley Derbyshire by the Butterley company of St Pancras station fame. Note to do with Scotland until delivered and assembled.
Excellent output of Engineering. Thanks.
A grand feat of engineering,in a grand toon of falkirk,left it 50 years ago,!!!!
What a fantastic creation....I was there 2yrs I missed to visit....❤❤❤❤❤❤
Fascinating design, architecturally beautiful, and amazingly efficient.
Fantastic experience. Did it about 6yrs ago . Unfortunately it rained all day and unable to see the views when it was at the top. Still it was great. A must do.
Good show! Narrator makes this sound almost like a sermon, though.
This was so amazingly..just came up in my feeds..n I was so stunned and in awe..wish I could travel there n ride in it
You should!
Thanks Limmy
I’ve done the Falkirk wheel. It’s amazing experience. Although for someone who’s scared of heights it was intimidating. My mum dad and I did it on a narrowboat, so the view was even more spectacular.
Yea.....it's incredible
Believe me just click playback speed into 1.5x
They speak the truth
Thanks for the tip. I thought I was at a funeral.
Go to 2!
His voice and Scottish brogue were beautiful to me. I liked it in regular speed.
My gosh I had to watch it three times at high speed before I understood what was going on. Definitely not an engineer.
A modern wonder of British civil engineering beautifully filmed and narrated. Thank you. Ultan Cowley, author of The Men Who Built Britain