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2. Boat lift - Wikipedia

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   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. It may be vertically moving, like the Anderton boat lift in England, rotational, like the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland, or operate on an inclined plane, like the Ronquières inclined plane in ...

3. Goupitan shiplift - Wikipedia

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   The Goupitan shiplift ( simplified Chinese: 构皮滩升船机; traditional Chinese: 構皮灘升船機; pinyin: Gòupítān Shēngchuánjī) is a boat lifting system on the Wu River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Guizhou Province, southwest of China. A system of three boat lifts supplements the Goupitan Dam in order to provide shipping ...

4. Three Gorges Dam - Wikipedia

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   The Three Gorges Dam (simplified Chinese : 三峡大坝; traditional Chinese : 三峽大壩; pinyin : Sānxiá Dàbà) is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River near Sandouping in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, central China, downstream of the Three Gorges. The world's largest power station in terms of installed ...

5. Shuikou shiplift - Wikipedia

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   The ShuiKou shiplift was built in Fujian province, on the Min River. [1][2] It can lift vessels displacing 500 tons. [3] Its caisson's dimensions are 124 metres (407 ft) × 12 metres (39 ft) × 2.5 metres (8.2 ft). The ShuiKou Dam 's maximum height is 101 metres (331 ft). Beside the shiplift there is flight of three conventional locks, also ...

6. List of boat lifts - Wikipedia

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   Geheyan dam boat lift, also in Hubei Province, capable of lifting vessels of 300 tons displacement. 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.

7. SSCV Sleipnir - Wikipedia

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   Up to 400 [1] SSCV Sleipnir is a semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) owned and operated by Heerema Marine Contractors. It is named for Sleipnir, the eight-legged horse ridden by Odin in Norse mythology. The vessel is equipped with two revolving cranes built by Huisman Equipment B.V., each with a capacity of 10,000 t (11,000 short tons); the ...

8. List of the largest shipbuilding companies - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of the largest shipbuilding companies in 2016 ... Beijing, China: 1999: 5: STX Offshore & Shipbuilding: Shipbuilding: $16.96: $13.40: Jinhae, South ...

9. Yantan Ship Lift - Wikipedia

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   The Yantan Ship Lift is a large ship lift located on the Hongshui River, a tributary of the Pearl River in China. [1] [2] The ship lift's basin can carry vessels of up to 250 tons. The ship lift's basin is 40 metres (130 ft) × 10.8 metres (35 ft) × 1.8 metres (5.9 ft). It lifts vessels 68.5 metres (225 ft).