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2. Tub boat lift - Wikipedia

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   A tub boat lift is a type of boat lift designed to lift tub boats between different elevations of a canal. Tub boats are small boats used to transport coal and other minerals, sometimes working singly, sometimes in long trains. A tub boat lift ( German: Kahnhebehaus) lifts the boat out of the water. Most other types of boat lift such as locks ...

3. City of Seattle (steam ferry) - Wikipedia

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   City of Seattle (steam ferry)

4. Liftboat - Wikipedia

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   The boat was declared a total loss at an estimated cost of $1.14 million. The Ram XVIII was a 215-foot liftboat, built in 2015 and owned by Aries Marine Corporation in Lafayette, Louisiana . The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the probable cause of the accident was an industry failure of not providing liftboat ...

5. Niederfinow Boat Lift - Wikipedia

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   By 26 January 1939 100,000 boats had already passed through the lift. In the inaugural year there was 2,832,000 tonnes of traffic. The lift was the subject of a general overhaul in 1980 and the lifting cables were renewed in 1984/85. Today the boat lift is too short for some barge trains which must be separated to pass the lift.

6. Alki (boat) - Wikipedia

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   The Alki is a fireboat noted for its long service in Seattle, Washington. [1] The boat was built in 1927 and is 123 feet (37 m) long. She was Seattle's third fireboat. [3] She was built with gasoline engines, which were replaced with diesels in 1947. The new engine retrofit allowed the Alki to increase its pumping capacity from 12,000 gallons ...

7. Leschi (fireboat) - Wikipedia

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   Leschi, named for the native American leader Chief Leschi, is a fireboat operated by the Seattle Fire Department. The ship was laid down in 2006 and commissioned in 2007; its sponsor was Sharon Nickels, wife of the then-mayor Greg Nickels. The 108-foot (33 m) Leschi has been described as the "dreadnought of Seattle's fireboat fleet".