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The Kelpies is unveiled

2014 CE · United Kingdom, Europe · Culture

The Kelpies is unveiled
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The Kelpies are a pair of monumental steel horse-heads between the Scottish towns of Falkirk and Grangemouth. They stand next to the M9 motorway and form the eastern gateway of the Forth and Clyde Canal, which meets the River Carron here. Each head is 30 metres (98 ft) high and weighs approximately 300 tonnes (47,000 st).

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