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Work in groups. Look at these photos. Read the paragraphs and put them into the correct order. Say if the Falkirk Wheel really commemorates the millennium and acts as an iconic symbol for years to come. 2 – It was required to connect these two canals by the way of a boat lift. British Waterways were keen to present a visionary solution taking full advantage of the opportunity to create a truly spectacular and fitting structure that would suitably commemorate the millennium and act as an iconic symbol for years to come. 4 – The Millennium Link was an ambitious 84,5 million project with the objective of restoring navigability across Scotland on the historic Forth and Clyde Canal and the Union Canal, providing a corridor of regenerative activity through central Scotland. 3 – Completion of the Millennium Link project was officially marked by Her Majesty The Queen on 24 May, 2002 at the Falkirk Wheel. 1– A major challenge the British faced was to link the Forth and Clyde Canal, which lay 35 m below the level of the Union Canal. Historically, the two canals had been joined at Falkirk by a flight of 11 locks that stepped down across a distance of 1.5 km, but they were dismantled in 1933, breaking the link. 5 – The result, perfectly balanced structure that is the Falkirk Wheel — the world’s first and only rotating boat lift — was the eventual outcome of British Waterways collaboration with a design team that combined the international experience of joint–venture contractor Morrison–Bachy–Soletanche with leading specialists from Ove Arup Consultants, Butterley Engineering and Scotland–based RMJM architects.