List of boat lifts

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This list includes all types of constructions to lift or lower boats between two levels of a waterway, such as boat lifts, canal inclined planes, portage railways and water slopes, but excluding conventional locks. This list is not complete.

Contents 1 Belgium 2 Canada 3 China 4 France 5 Germany 6 Japan 7 Netherlands 8 Poland 9 Russia 10 United Kingdom 11 United States 12 References 13 External links

[edit] Belgium

• Canal du Centre lift No. 1 at Houdeng-Goegnies
• Lifts on the old Canal du Centre: No. 2 at Houdeng-Aimeries, No. 3 at Strépy-Bracquegnies, No. 4 at Thieu
• Strépy-Thieu boat lift at Thieu in the municipality of Le Rœulx
• Ronquières inclined plane at Ronquières in the municipality of Braine-le-Comte

[edit] Canada

• Trent-Severn boat lifts
  • Kirkfield Lift Lock
  • Peterborough Lift Lock
  • Big Chute Marine Railway
  • Swift Rapids Marine Railway

[edit] China

• Danjiangkou dam boat lift, also in Hubei Province, capable of lifting vessels of 450 tons displacement.

• Geheyan dam boat lift, in Hubei Province, capable of lifting vessels of 300 tons displacement.^[1] The dam was completed in 1994, but technical difficulties delayed the opening of the ship lift for four more years.

• Longtan dam boat lift, capacity to lift vessels of 250 tons, in a basin 40×10.8×1.8 meters, and a vertical lift of 68.5 meters.^[2]

• Yantan boat lift
• Three Gorges Dam, boat lift and staircase lock

[edit] France

• Fontinettes boat lift
• Fonsérannes water slope (near Béziers) on the canal du Midi
• Montech water slope on the canal de Garonne
• The inclined plane of Saint-Louis-Arzviller in Lorraine on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin

[edit] Germany

• Kahnhebehaus Halsbrücke, also known as Rothenfurther Kahnhebehaus (tub boat lift house)
• Kahnhebehaus Großvoigtsberg, also known as Christbescherunger Kahnhebehaus
• Henrichenburg boat lift
• Niederfinow boat lift
• Rothensee boat lift
• Scharnebeck twin ship lift

[edit] Japan

• Inclined plane on Kamogawa canal in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto
• Inclined plane on Biwako canal in Kyōto

[edit] Netherlands

• Broekerhaven Overhaal

[edit] Poland

• Elbląg inclined planes on the Elbląg Canal

[edit] Russia

• Krasnoyarsk inclined plane

[edit] United Kingdom

• Anderton Boat Lift
• Combe Hay Caisson lock
• The inclined planes of Dukart's Canal
• Hay Inclined Plane
• Falkirk Wheel
• Kelpie boatlift, part of the Falkirk Helix project
• Foxton Inclined Plane
• Worsley Navigable Levels underground incline
• Brogborough Whirl proposed spiral inclined plane to navigate Brogborough Hill

[edit] United States

• Allegheny Portage Railroad in Pennsylvania
• The inclined planes of the Morris Canal in New Jersey

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Belgian Canal du Centre page in French
• French boat lift page
• Canals and Waterways' Lifts and Inclined Planes Page
• International Canal Monuments List
• Broekerhaven Boat Lift