List of boat lifts

Strépy-Thieu boat lift

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.

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

Canada

Peterborough lift lock

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

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 Ship Lift
• Three Gorges Dam, boat lift (not yet complete) and staircase lock

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

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

Japan

Biwako Incline around 1940

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

Netherlands

• Broekerhaven Overhaal

Poland

• Elbląg inclined planes on the Elbląg Canal

Russia

Krasnoyarsk Inclined Plane

• Krasnoyarsk inclined plane (electric rack railway) at the Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric dam

United Kingdom

Falkirk Wheel

Hay Inclined Plane

• Anderton Boat Lift
• Blackhill Inclined Plane of the Monkland Canal
• Bridgetown Incline on the Bude Canal
• Brogborough Whirl proposed spiral inclined plane to navigate Brogborough Hill
• Combe Hay Caisson lock
• Camden Lock, William Congreve's hydropneumatic lock.
• The inclined planes of Dukart's Canal
• Falkirk Wheel
• Foxton Inclined Plane
• The boat lifts of the Grand Western Canal
• Hay Inclined Plane
• Hobbacott Incline on the Bude Canal
• Kelpie boatlift, part of the Falkirk Helix project
• The Inclined Plane of the Ketley Canal
• Marhamchurch Incline on the Bude Canal
• Merrifield Incline on the Bude Canal
• Ridd Inclined Plane on the Rolle Canal
• Tamerton Incline on the Bude Canal
• Tardebigge Boat Lift
• Vealand Incline on the Bude Canal
• Trench Inclined Plane
• Windmill Inclined Plane on the Shropshire Canal
• Worsley Navigable Levels underground incline
• Wrockwardine Wood Inclined Plane on the Shropshire Canal

United States

• The 23 inclined planes of the Morris Canal in New Jersey
• The inclined plane of the South Hadley Canal, Massachusetts
• The inclined plane of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

References

1. Wang Weiluo (June 19, 2000). "Three Gorges Probe" (19). Probe International. Archived from the original on 2007-03-13. Retrieved 2007-01-28.
2. Prototype observation study of Yantan vertical ship lift

Further reading

• Tew, David (1984). Canal Inclines and Lifts. Sutton Books. ISBN 0-86299-031-9.
• Uhlemann, Hans-Joachim (2002). Canal lifts and inclines of the world (English Translation ed.). Internat. ISBN 0-9543181-1-0.

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
• Morris Canal Inclined Planes and Locks