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Falkirk Wheel

rotating boat lift in Scotland
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Summary

Falkirk Wheel is a boat lift[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of boat lift entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,004 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Falkirk[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Instance of: tourist attraction[5]
  • Named after: Falkirk[6]
  • Made from material: steel[7]
  • Part of: Millennium Link[8]
  • Commons category: Falkirk Wheel[9]
  • Official website: http://www.thefalkirkwheel.co.uk/[10]
  • Date of official opening: May 24, 2002[11]
  • Native label: Falkirk Wheel[12]
  • Connects with: Forth and Clyde Canal[13], Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal[14]
  • Historic county: Stirlingshire[15]

Why It Matters

Falkirk Wheel has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . educationscotland.gov.uk. educationscotland.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Chalmd · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bbc things id → d9881fff-dfc5-4882-b3a2-4dffe5cb2ca9
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Bbc things id: d9881fff-dfc5-4882-b3a2-4dffe5cb2ca9, Adding BBC Things ID"
  2. 14w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates → —
    Named after → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Falkirk
    Instance of → boat lift, tourist attraction
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39782|batch #39782]]: Move Q570116 from P31 -> P1552"
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