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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Machine to move boats vertically between waterways</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about machines transporting boats between different bodies of water. For shipyard device to replace a dry dock, or Boat Lifts for pleasure craft storage, see <a href="/wiki/Ship_lift" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship lift">Ship lift</a>. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Boat_lift_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Boat lift (disambiguation)">Boat lift (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Str%C3%A9py-Bracquegnies_JPG03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Str%C3%A9py-Bracquegnies_JPG03.jpg/220px-Str%C3%A9py-Bracquegnies_JPG03.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Str%C3%A9py-Bracquegnies_JPG03.jpg/330px-Str%C3%A9py-Bracquegnies_JPG03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Str%C3%A9py-Bracquegnies_JPG03.jpg/440px-Str%C3%A9py-Bracquegnies_JPG03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Str%C3%A9py-Thieu_boat_lift" title="Strépy-Thieu boat lift">Strépy-Thieu boat lift</a> (<a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wallonia" title="Wallonia">Wallonia</a>)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FalkirkWheelSide_2004_SeanMcClean.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/FalkirkWheelSide_2004_SeanMcClean.jpg/220px-FalkirkWheelSide_2004_SeanMcClean.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/FalkirkWheelSide_2004_SeanMcClean.jpg/330px-FalkirkWheelSide_2004_SeanMcClean.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/FalkirkWheelSide_2004_SeanMcClean.jpg/440px-FalkirkWheelSide_2004_SeanMcClean.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2315" data-file-height="1644" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel" title="Falkirk Wheel">Falkirk Wheel</a> (<a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PeterboroughLiftLock23.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/PeterboroughLiftLock23.jpg/220px-PeterboroughLiftLock23.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/PeterboroughLiftLock23.jpg/330px-PeterboroughLiftLock23.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/PeterboroughLiftLock23.jpg/440px-PeterboroughLiftLock23.jpg 2x" data-file-width="721" data-file-height="622" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Peterborough_Lift_Lock" title="Peterborough Lift Lock">Peterborough Lift Lock</a> (<a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>)</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>boat lift</b>, <b>ship lift</b>, or <b>lift lock</b> is a machine for transporting boats between water at two different elevations, and is an alternative to the <a href="/wiki/Canal_lock" class="mw-redirect" title="Canal lock">canal lock</a>. </p><p>It may be vertically moving, like the <a href="/wiki/Anderton_boat_lift" class="mw-redirect" title="Anderton boat lift">Anderton boat lift</a> in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, rotational, like the <a href="/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel" title="Falkirk Wheel">Falkirk Wheel</a> in <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, or operate on an <a href="/wiki/Canal_inclined_plane" title="Canal inclined plane">inclined plane</a>, like the <a href="/wiki/Ronqui%C3%A8res_inclined_plane" title="Ronquières inclined plane">Ronquières inclined plane</a> in <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boat_lift&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A precursor to the canal boat lift, able to move full-sized canal boats, was the <a href="/wiki/Tub_boat_lift" title="Tub boat lift">tub boat lift</a> used in mining, able to raise and lower the 2.5 ton <a href="/wiki/Tub_boat" title="Tub boat">tub boats</a> then in use. An experimental system was in use on the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Churprinz_mining_canal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Churprinz mining canal (page does not exist)">Churprinz mining canal</a> in <a href="/wiki/Halsbr%C3%BCcke" title="Halsbrücke">Halsbrücke</a> near <a href="/wiki/Dresden" title="Dresden">Dresden</a>. It lifted boats 7 m (23 ft) using a moveable hoist rather than <a href="/wiki/Caisson_lock" title="Caisson lock">caissons</a>. The lift operated between 1789 and 1868,<sup id="cite_ref-CHworldcanals_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CHworldcanals-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and for a period of time after its opening engineer <a href="/wiki/James_Green_(engineer)" title="James Green (engineer)">James Green</a> reporting that five had been built between 1796 and 1830. He credited the invention to <a href="/wiki/James_Anderson_of_Hermiston" title="James Anderson of Hermiston">Dr James Anderson of Edinburgh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-canalswenglandp104_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canalswenglandp104-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The idea of a boat lift for canals can be traced back to a design based on balanced water-filled caissons in <a href="/wiki/Erasmus_Darwin" title="Erasmus Darwin">Erasmus Darwin</a>'s Commonplace Book (pp. 58–59) dated 1777–1778<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1796 an experimental <a href="/wiki/Balance_lock" title="Balance lock">balance lock</a> was designed by <a href="/wiki/James_Fussell_IV" title="James Fussell IV">James Fussell</a> and constructed at Mells on the <a href="/wiki/Dorset_and_Somerset_Canal" title="Dorset and Somerset Canal">Dorset and Somerset Canal</a>, though this project was never completed.<sup id="cite_ref-canalswenglandp104_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canalswenglandp104-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A similar design was used for lifts on the <a href="/wiki/Tub_boat" title="Tub boat">tub boat</a> section of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Western_Canal" title="Grand Western Canal">Grand Western Canal</a> entered into operation in 1835 becoming the first non-experimental boat lifts in Britain<sup id="cite_ref-canalswenglandp109_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canalswenglandp109-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and pre-dating the <a href="/wiki/Anderton_Boat_Lift" title="Anderton Boat Lift">Anderton Boat Lift</a> by 40 years. </p><p>In 1904 the <a href="/wiki/Peterborough_Lift_Lock" title="Peterborough Lift Lock">Peterborough Lift Lock</a> designed by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Birdsall_Rogers" title="Richard Birdsall Rogers">Richard Birdsall Rogers</a> opened in Canada. This 19.8-metre (65 ft) high lift system is operated by gravity alone, with the upper bay of the two bay system loaded with an additional 30 cm (12 in) of water as to give it greater weight. </p><p>Before the construction of the Three Gorges Dam Ship Lift, the highest boat lift, with a 73.15-metre (240.0 ft) height difference and European Class IV (1350 tonne) capacity, was the <a href="/wiki/Str%C3%A9py-Thieu_boat_lift" title="Strépy-Thieu boat lift">Strépy-Thieu boat lift</a> in Belgium opened in 2002. </p><p>The ship lift at the <a href="/wiki/Three_Gorges_Dam" title="Three Gorges Dam">Three Gorges Dam</a>, completed in January 2016, is 113 m (371 ft) high and able to lift vessels of up to 3,000 tons displacement. </p><p>The boat lift at <a href="/wiki/Longtan_Dam" title="Longtan Dam">Longtan</a> is reported to be even higher in total with a maximum vertical lift of 179 m (587 ft) in two stages when completed.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_lift_locks">Selected lift locks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boat_lift&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Selected lift locks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption><b>Notable lift locks — ordered by size</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th><b>Name</b></th> <th><b>Location</b></th> <th><b>Opened</b> </th> <th>Type</th> <th data-sort-type="number"><b>Displacement</b></th> <th data-sort-type="number"><b>Dimensions</b></th> <th data-sort-type="number"><b>Vertical lift</b></th> <th data-sort-type="number"><b>Cycle time</b></th> <th><b>Notes</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Goupitan_shiplift" title="Goupitan shiplift">Goupitan ship-lifting system</a> (second<sup id="cite_ref-:9_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> lift)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guizhou" title="Guizhou">Guizhou</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a></td> <td>2021<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caisson_(engineering)" title="Caisson (engineering)">Vertical caisson</a> </td> <td>500 tons </td> <td>280 by 35 by 5 metres<br />919 by 115 by 16 feet </td> <td>127 metres<br />417 feet</td> <td></td> <td>Tallest boat lift in the world. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Goupitan_shiplift" title="Goupitan shiplift">Goupitan ship-lifting system</a> (first<sup id="cite_ref-:9_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> lift) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Guizhou" title="Guizhou">Guizhou</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> </td> <td>2021<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caisson_(engineering)" title="Caisson (engineering)">Vertical caisson</a> </td> <td>500 tons </td> <td> </td> <td>72–79 metres<br />236–259 feet </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Three_Gorges_Dam#Ship_lift" title="Three Gorges Dam">Three Gorges Dam ship lift</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yichang" title="Yichang">Yichang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hubei" title="Hubei">Hubei</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a></td> <td>2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caisson_(engineering)" title="Caisson (engineering)">Vertical caisson</a> </td> <td>3000 tons </td> <td>280 by 35 by 5 metres<br />919 by 115 by 16 feet </td> <td>113 metres<br />371 feet</td> <td>30–40 minutes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Krasnoyarsk_Dam" title="Krasnoyarsk Dam">Krasnoyarsk Dam ship lift</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Divnogorsk" title="Divnogorsk">Divnogorsk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Krasnoyarsk_Krai" title="Krasnoyarsk Krai">Krasnoyarsk Krai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a></td> <td>1982 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canal_inclined_plane" title="Canal inclined plane">Inclined plane</a></td> <td>1500 tons </td> <td>90 m × 18 m × 2.2 m<br />295 ft × 59 ft × 7 ft </td> <td>104 m<br />341 ft</td> <td>90 minutes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ronqui%C3%A8res_inclined_plane" title="Ronquières inclined plane">Ronquières inclined plane lift</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Braine-le-Comte" title="Braine-le-Comte">Braine-le-Comte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hainaut_Province" title="Hainaut Province">Hainaut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></td> <td>1968 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canal_inclined_plane" title="Canal inclined plane">Inclined plane</a></td> <td>1350 tons </td> <td>91 m × 12 m × 3.7 m<br />299 ft × 39 ft × 12 ft </td> <td>67.73 m<br />222 ft</td> <td>22 minutes<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Str%C3%A9py-Thieu_boat_lift" title="Strépy-Thieu boat lift">Strépy-Thieu boat lift</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Le_R%C5%93ulx" title="Le Rœulx">Le Rœulx</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hainaut_Province" title="Hainaut Province">Hainaut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></td> <td>2002 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caisson_(engineering)" title="Caisson (engineering)">Vertical caisson</a></td> <td>1350 tons </td> <td>112 m × 12 m × 3.35 m<br />367 ft × 39 ft × 11 ft </td> <td>73.15 m<br />240 ft</td> <td>7 minutes</td> <td>Tallest boat lift in Europe. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Scharnebeck_twin_ship_lift" title="Scharnebeck twin ship lift">Scharnebeck twin ship lift</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/L%C3%BCneburg_(district)" title="Lüneburg (district)">Lüneburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lower_Saxony" title="Lower Saxony">Lower Saxony</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></td> <td>1974 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caisson_(engineering)" title="Caisson (engineering)">Vertical caisson</a></td> <td>1350 tons </td> <td>105.4 m × 15.8 m × 3.4 m<br />346 ft × 52 ft × 11 ft </td> <td>38 m<br />125 ft</td> <td>3 minutes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Niederfinow_boat_lift" class="mw-redirect" title="Niederfinow boat lift">Niederfinow boat lift</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brandenburg" title="Brandenburg">Brandenburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></td> <td>1934 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caisson_(engineering)" title="Caisson (engineering)">Vertical caisson</a></td> <td> </td> <td>85 m × 12 m × 2.5 m<br />279 ft × 39 ft × 8 ft </td> <td>36 m<br />118 ft</td> <td>20 minutes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Niederfinow north boat lift</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brandenburg" title="Brandenburg">Brandenburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></td> <td>2022 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caisson_(engineering)" title="Caisson (engineering)">Vertical caisson</a></td> <td>2100 tonnes </td> <td>115 m × 12.5 m × 4.0 m<br />377 ft × 41 ft × 13 ft </td> <td>36 m<br />118 ft</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Peterborough_lift_lock" class="mw-redirect" title="Peterborough lift lock">Peterborough lift lock</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a></td> <td>1904 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caisson_(engineering)" title="Caisson (engineering)">Vertical caisson</a></td> <td>1300 tons </td> <td>42.7 m × 10.1 m × 2.1 m<br />140 ft × 33 ft × 7 ft </td> <td>19.8 m<br />65 ft</td> <td>10 minutes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kirkfield_Lift_Lock" title="Kirkfield Lift Lock">Kirkfield Lift Lock</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a></td> <td>1907 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caisson_(engineering)" title="Caisson (engineering)">Vertical caisson</a></td> <td>1300 tons </td> <td>42.7 m × 10.1 m × 2.1 m<br />140 ft × 33 ft × 7 ft </td> <td>14.9 m<br />49 ft</td> <td>10 minutes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rothensee_boat_lift" title="Rothensee boat lift">Rothensee boat lift</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saxony-Anhalt" title="Saxony-Anhalt">Saxony-Anhalt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></td> <td>1938 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caisson_(engineering)" title="Caisson (engineering)">Vertical caisson</a></td> <td>1000 tons </td> <td>85 m × 12.2 m<br />279 ft × 40 ft </td> <td>16 m<br />52 ft</td> <td>20 minutes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel" title="Falkirk Wheel">Falkirk Wheel</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Falkirk" title="Falkirk">Falkirk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td> <td>2002 </td> <td>Rotating <a href="/wiki/Caisson_(engineering)" title="Caisson (engineering)">caisson</a></td> <td>600 tons </td> <td>21.33 m × 6 m × 1.37 m<br />70 ft × 20 ft × 4 ft </td> <td>24 m<br />79 fts</td> <td>4 minutes</td> <td>The only rotating boat lift in the world. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Henrichenburg_boat_lift" title="Henrichenburg boat lift">Henrichenburg boat lift</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></td> <td>1962 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caisson_(engineering)" title="Caisson (engineering)">Vertical caisson</a></td> <td>600 tons </td> <td>67 m × 8.2 m × 2 m<br />220 ft × 27 ft × 7 ft </td> <td>14 m<br />46 ft</td> <td>25 minutes</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Geheyan_Dam" title="Geheyan Dam">Geheyan Dam ship lift</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hubei" title="Hubei">Hubei</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a></td> <td>1987 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caisson_(engineering)" title="Caisson (engineering)">Vertical caisson</a></td> <td>300 tons</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Longtan_Dam" title="Longtan Dam">Longtan Dam ship lift</a> (first lift)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hechi" title="Hechi">Hechi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guangxi_Autonomous_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Guangxi Autonomous Region">Guangxi Autonomous Region</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a></td> <td>2020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caisson_(engineering)" title="Caisson (engineering)">Vertical caisson</a></td> <td>500 tons </td> <td>73.0 m × 12.2 m × 3.5 m<br />240 ft × 40 ft × 11 ft </td> <td>62.4 m<br />205 ft<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Longtan_Dam" title="Longtan Dam">Longtan Dam ship lift</a> (second lift) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hechi" title="Hechi">Hechi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guangxi_Autonomous_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Guangxi Autonomous Region">Guangxi Autonomous Region</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> </td> <td>2020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caisson_(engineering)" title="Caisson (engineering)">Vertical caisson</a> </td> <td>500 tons </td> <td>73.0 m × 12.2 m × 3.5 m<br />240 ft × 40 ft × 11 ft </td> <td>93.6 m<br />307 ft<sup id="cite_ref-:1_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lifts_on_the_old_Canal_du_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Lifts on the old Canal du Centre">Canal du Centre boat lifts</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hainaut_Province" title="Hainaut Province">Hainaut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></td> <td>1888–1917 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caisson_(engineering)" title="Caisson (engineering)">Vertical caisson</a></td> <td>360 tons/350 tons </td> <td>40.1 m × 5.06 m × 2 m<br />132 ft × 17 ft × 7 ft </td> <td>16.93–15.4 m<br />56–51 ft</td> <td></td> <td>Three lifts each 16.93 m high plus one 15.4 m high. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fontinettes_boat_lift" title="Fontinettes boat lift">Fontinettes boat lift</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arques,_Pas-de-Calais" title="Arques, Pas-de-Calais">Arques</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pas-de-Calais" title="Pas-de-Calais">Pas-de-Calais</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></td> <td>1881–88 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caisson_(engineering)" title="Caisson (engineering)">Vertical caisson</a></td> <td>300 tons </td> <td>39 m × 5.2 m × 2 m<br />128 ft × 17 ft × 7 ft </td> <td>13.13 m<br />43 ft</td> <td>5 minutes</td> <td>Replaced by a single lock in 1967. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anderton_boat_lift" class="mw-redirect" title="Anderton boat lift">Anderton boat lift</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cheshire" title="Cheshire">Cheshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td> <td>1875 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caisson_(engineering)" title="Caisson (engineering)">Vertical caisson</a></td> <td>250 tons </td> <td>22.9 m × 4.7 m × 2.9 m<br />75 ft × 15 ft × 10 ft </td> <td>15.25 m<br />50 ft</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Montech_water_slope" title="Montech water slope">Montech water slope</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Montech" title="Montech">Montech</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tarn-et-Garonne" title="Tarn-et-Garonne">Tarn-et-Garonne</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> </td> <td>1974 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Water_slope" title="Water slope">Water slope</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>443 m × 13.3 m × 6 m<br 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In Li, Yun; Hu, Yaan; Rigo, Philippe; Lefler, Francisco Esteban; Zhao, Gensheng (eds.). <i>Proceedings of PIANC Smart Rivers 2022</i>. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering. Vol. 264. 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