Falkirk Wheel

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June 21st 2008
Saturday 21st June We weren't returning straight to Edinburgh but going via Falkirk; not to visit the battlefield where Wallace's Scots army was destroyed but to see the Falkirk Wheel. Along with the Eiffel Tower, the Millau Viaduct, Ironbridge, and the German motorways, this was a technological marvel that had been pencilled into the itinerary very early in the planning stages. The Falkirk ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more