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Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "Boat lifts" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
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]
A tub boat lift (German: Kahnhebehaus) lifts the boat out of the water. Most other types of boat lift such as locks or inclined planes are designed to move the boat afloat in some kind of water-filled tank, and, apart from maximum dimensions, are not restricted in the type of craft transported. Tub boat lifts and tub boats are designed to work ...
Rothensee boat lift: Saxony-Anhalt, Germany: 1938 Vertical caisson: 1000 tons 85 m × 12.2 m 279 ft × 40 ft 16 m 52 ft: 20 minutes: Falkirk Wheel: Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom: 2002 Rotating caisson: 600 tons 21.33 m × 6 m × 1.37 m 70 ft × 20 ft × 4 ft 24 m 79 fts: 4 minutes: The only rotating boat lift in the world. Henrichenburg ...
A small motor-boat lifted from the water by a travel lift at La Rochelle, France, 2016. A travel lift or travelift (also called a boat hoist, boat gantry crane, or boat crane) is a specialised type of crane used for lifting boats out of the water and transporting them around docks or marinas. [1]
A small motor-boat lifted from the water by a boat lift at La Rochelle, France, 2016. Smaller devices called "Boat lifts" are available that simply raise yachts, sailboats, or small watercraft above the water level at a dock for storage, for reduced maintenance cost and increased security. They can be operated by cables, by hydraulics, or by ...
A portable boat lift is not a boat lift which is commonly found attached to a dock. Although some devices allow one person to separate a boat from a trailer or lift a boat up and out of the water, they are not by definition portable. The term "boat lift" originally referred to lift locks. In modern usage the term "boat lift," as opposed to ...
Grew Manufacturing was a Canadian company that manufactured boats from 1882 to 2011. It started as Gidley Boat Works on the shores of Georgian Bay. In the late 1920s, Arthur Grew, a master boat maker from Penetangushine, took over the business and changed its name.