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* [[Danjiangkou dam boat lift]], also in Hubei Province, capable of lifting vessels of 450 tons displacement. |
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* [[Geheyan dam]] boat lift, in [[Hubei Province]], capable of lifting vessels of 300 tons displacement.<ref name=ProbeInternational000619>{{cite journal |
* [[Geheyan dam]] boat lift, in [[Hubei Province]], capable of lifting vessels of 300 tons displacement.<ref name=ProbeInternational000619>{{cite journal |
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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.
- 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
- Trent-Severn boat lifts
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
- 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
- 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
- Krasnoyarsk inclined plane (electric rack railway) at the Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric dam
- 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
- 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
- ^ Wang Weiluo (June 19, 2000). "Three Gorges Probe" (19). Probe International. Archived from the original on 2007-03-13. Retrieved 2007-01-28.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Prototype observation study of Yantan vertical ship lift
Further reading
- Tew, David (1984). Canal Inclines and Lifts. Sutton Books. ISBN 0-86299-031-9.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|origdate=(help) - Uhlemann, Hans-Joachim (2002). Canal lifts and inclines of the world (English Translation ed.). Internat. ISBN 0-9543181-1-0.
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