Hugh Baird (engineer)
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Hugh Baird was a Scottish civil engineer, who designed and oversaw the building of the Union Canal.
Ratho Basin, on the Union Canal
Falkirk Wheel
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The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift in Tamfourhill, Falkirk, in central Scotland, connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. It opened in 2002 as part of the Millennium Link proj
The Falkirk Wheel
View of the aqueduct and top of the wheel
The construction of the basin
Members of the Royal Family at the opening ceremony