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  2. Edwin Clark (civil engineer) - Wikipedia

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    Edwin Clark FRAS [1] (7 January 1814 – 22 October 1894) [2] was an English Civil Engineer, specialising in hydraulics.He is remembered principally as the designer of the Anderton Boat Lift (1875) near Northwich in Cheshire, which links the navigable stretch of the River Weaver with the Trent and Mersey Canal.

  3. Category:Boat lifts - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Help ... Pages in category "Boat lifts" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of ...

  4. Falkirk Wheel - Wikipedia

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    A timelapse from inside a boat. The Falkirk Wheel (Scottish Gaelic: Cuibhle na h-Eaglaise Brice) is a rotating boat lift in Tamfourhill, Falkirk, in central Scotland, connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. It opened in 2002 as part of the Millennium Link project, reconnecting the two canals for the first time since the 1930s.

  5. Boat lift - Wikipedia

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    The idea of a boat lift for canals can be traced back to a design based on balanced water-filled caissons in Erasmus Darwin's Commonplace Book (pp. 58–59) dated 1777–1778 [3] In 1796 an experimental balance lock was designed by James Fussell and constructed at Mells on the Dorset and Somerset Canal , though this project was never completed ...

  6. Portable boat lift - Wikipedia

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    A portable boat lift is a tool designed specifically to allow one person to transport, set up, and safely separate boats from boat trailers. Portable boat lifts are intended to be used on land, rather than near, in, or on the water. Sometimes referred to as a boat hoist, this equipment holds the waterfcraft out of the water so that maintenance ...

  7. 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. [2]

  8. Boat Lifts on the Canal du Centre - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates. 50°28′52″N4°8′14″E50.48111°N 4.13722°E. Location of Boat Lifts on the Canal du Centre in Belgium. The lifts on the Canal du Centre are a series of four hydraulic boat lifts near the town of La Louvière in Belgium which are classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. All four are located on the Canal du Centre in ...

  9. Fontinettes boat lift - Wikipedia

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    The Fontinettes Boat Lift was capable of lifting vessels of 300 tonnes displacement. [2] It was designed to avoid the need to use five locks, which took some 90 minutes, to change height by 13 metres. It was inspired by the similar Anderton Boat Lift built in 1875 in Cheshire, England. The original five locks were kept in place until 1963 for ...