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Boat lift — A boat lift, ship lift, or lift lock is a machine for transporting boats between water at two different elevations, and is an alternative to the canal lock and the canal inclined plane.It may be either vertically moving, like the ship lifts in… … Wikipedia
Anderton Boat Lift — The Anderton Boat Lift near the village of Anderton, Cheshire, in north west England provides a convert|50|ft|m|1 vertical link between two navigable waterways: the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal.Built in 1875, the boat lift was in… … Wikipedia
Henrichenburg boat lift — The Henrichenburg boat lift facilitates a change in elevation of the Dortmund Ems Kanal in Waltrop Oberwiese. The boat lift is part of the Waltrop Lock Park (Schleusenpark), which includes the old Henrichenburg boat lift built in 1899, a disused… … Wikipedia
Niederfinow boat lift — Coordinates: 52°50′56″N 13°56′29″E / 52.84889°N 13.94139°E / 52.84889; 13.94139 … Wikipedia
Rothensee boat lift — The Rothensee boat lift is North of Magdeburg and connects the Mittellandkanal with the Elbe via the Elbeabstiegskanal. Purpose The Rothensee boat lift was originally envisaged as part of a larger project. The lift is at the Eastern end of the… … Wikipedia
Tub boat lift — Tub boats are small boats used to transport coal and other minerals, sometimes working singly, sometimes in long trains. When it is required to move them between different elevations of canal, locks, boat lifts and inclined planes have all been… … Wikipedia
Strépy-Thieu boat lift — The Strépy Thieu boat lift ( fr. L ascenseur funiculaire de Strépy Thieu) lies on a branch of the Canal du Centre in the municipality of Le Rœulx, Hainaut, Belgium. With a height difference of 73.15 metres (240 feet) between the upstream and… … Wikipedia
Anderton Boat Lift Trust — The Anderton Boat Lift Trust is a waterway society in Cheshire, England, UK, and a member of the partnership to restore the Anderton Boat Lift near Northwich on the Weaver Navigation.The other partners are: *Association of Waterways Cruising… … Wikipedia
Portable boat lift — For centuries, a boat lift was used to move a boat from one elevation of water to another. These are also referred to as locks.Since the 1970s, another category of boat lifts emerged, Portable Boat Lifts. These typically owned by the boat owner,… … Wikipedia
Fontinettes boat lift — The Fontinettes Boat Lift (French: Ascenseur des Fontinettes ) was built in the late 19th century in Arques, near Saint Omer in the Pas de Calais to connect the River Aa and the Neufossé canal in France.It was designed to avoid the need to use… … Wikipedia
