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2. Shiplift - Wikipedia

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   Shiplift. A shiplift is a modern alternative for a slipway, a floating dry dock or a graving dry dock. A shiplift is used to dry dock and launch ships. It consists of a structural platform that is lifted and lowered exactly vertically, synchronously by a number of hoists. First, the platform is lowered underwater, then the ship is floated above ...

3. Anderton Boat Lift - Wikipedia

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   Anderton Boat Lift. The Anderton Boat Lift is a two- caisson lift lock near the village of Anderton, Cheshire, in North West England. It provides a 50-foot (15.2 m) vertical link between two navigable waterways: the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal. The structure is designated as a scheduled monument, and is included in the National ...

4. Category:Boat lifts - Wikipedia

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   Download QR code; Wikidata item; Print/export Download as PDF; ... Pages in category "Boat lifts" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.

5. Niederfinow Boat Lift - Wikipedia

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   Today the boat lift is too short for some barge trains which must be separated to pass the lift. The lift is running near to its capacity with about 11,000 boats passing through each year, [1] so in 1997 the decision was made to build a new, bigger lift. The Niederfinow lift is a popular tourist destination with about 500,000 visitors per year. [1]

6. 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.

7. 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 ...