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Falkirk Wheel

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Falkirk Wheel

Summary

Falkirk Wheel is a boat lift[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of boat_lift entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (437 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Falkirk Wheel is located in Falkirk[3].
  • Falkirk Wheel is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Falkirk Wheel's video is recorded as Falkirk Wheel Timelapse, Scotland - Diliff.webm[5].
  • Falkirk Wheel's image is recorded as FalkirkWheelSide 2004 SeanMcClean.jpg[6].
  • Falkirk Wheel's instance of is recorded as boat lift[7].
  • Falkirk Wheel's instance of is recorded as tourist attraction[8].
  • Falkirk is named after Falkirk Wheel[9].
  • Falkirk Wheel's made from material is recorded as steel[10].
  • Falkirk Wheel's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315160891[11].
  • Falkirk Wheel's part of is recorded as Millennium Link[12].
  • Falkirk Wheel's Commons category is recorded as Falkirk Wheel[13].
  • Falkirk Wheel's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 20010136[14].
  • Falkirk Wheel's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 56.000277777778, 'lon': -3.8416666666667}[15].
  • Falkirk Wheel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026vjm[16].
  • Falkirk Wheel's official website is recorded as http://www.thefalkirkwheel.co.uk/[17].
  • Falkirk Wheel's date of official opening is recorded as +2002-05-24T00:00:00Z[18].
  • Falkirk Wheel's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Falkirk Wheel'}[19].
  • Falkirk Wheel's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03166637n[20].
  • Falkirk Wheel's connects with is recorded as Forth and Clyde Canal[21].
  • Falkirk Wheel's connects with is recorded as Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal[22].
  • Falkirk Wheel's TripAdvisor ID is recorded as 484561[23].
  • Falkirk Wheel's Google Maps Customer ID is recorded as 3810406206846413913[24].
  • Falkirk Wheel's Instagram location ID is recorded as 421252[25].
  • Falkirk Wheel's Atlas Obscura place ID is recorded as falkirk-wheel[26].
  • Falkirk Wheel's historic county is recorded as Stirlingshire[27].

Body

Geography

Falkirk Wheel is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Falkirk[3]. Its part of is recorded as Millennium Link[12].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include boat lift[7] and tourist attraction[8].

History and Context

Falkirk is named after Falkirk Wheel[9].

Why It Matters

Falkirk Wheel ranks in the top 8% of boat_lift entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (437 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . educationscotland.gov.uk. educationscotland.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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