Lecture – Falkirk Wheel
NSK Offices, Northern Road (register at the Gate House)
Richard Moses of Farndon, who used to work at Butterley Engineering and had a role in the design and manufacture of the Falkirk Wheel, will give an illustrated talk on the Falkirk Wheel. The parts of the Falkirk Wheel were carefully constructed and assembled, like one giant Meccano set at Butterley Engineering Steelworks in Derbyshire. The team there carefully assembled the 1,200 tonnes of steel, painstakingly fitting the pieces together to an accuracy of just 10 mm to ensure a perfect final fit.
