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The famous Kelpie statues in Falkirk are over 1,000 feet tall and weigh over 300 tonnes each. The sculptures were molded on Clydesdale horses Duke and Baron. The first year that the 5-star tourist attraction nearly one million people visited them, they are built from structural steel with a stainless-steel cladding. Construction on the sculptures started in the June 2013 and was completed by October 2013.
They also have a smaller pair of Kelpie sculptures that are a tenth of the size of the original and are portable. They have been displayed all over the world from Edinburgh Airport to the Field Museum in Grant Park, Chicago, USA.
If you want to visit the Kelpie sculptures the address is The Helix, Falkirk, Scotland, FK2 7ZT
