The Falkirk Wheel A timelapse of the wheel rotation. This video covers a time period of 10 minutes A timelapse from inside a boat 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 reconnects the two canals for the first time since the 1930s. It opened in 2002 as part of the Millennium Link project.