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Boat Lift
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Near the town of La Louvière you will find the famous boat lift of Strépy-Thieu .It took 20 years to finish the lift, which hauls boats 73 meters from one canal to another. It can carry up to 1,350 tons and is as big as a football field. The lift has a steel tank on each side. They are 118.6 metres long, 16.5 metres wide and 8 metres deep. The mass of the lifts is 2,200 tons when they are empty. The total mass of the tank plus water varies depending on the water level between 7,200 and 8,400 tons. Each tank is attached to its counterweights by 144 cables. The boats sail to the lift tanks in the same way they would enter ordinary canal locks. But after the lock has been closed on one side, the tank starts to crawl upwards. Boats are lifted with water up to the top floor, which takes about half an hour. Strépy-Thieu - Province of Hainaut - Wallonia - Belgium

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.corngrowth
04/29/07 6:43 PM GMT
Hubert, je mag tegen mij wel zeggen: "Ik heb inmiddels heel wat geleerd van het Zeewezen." Met deze foto en bijbehorende beschrijving is het omgekeerde ook het geval! Bedankt voor deze educatie! Groet, Cornelius
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.Fergus
04/29/07 9:28 PM GMT
Very interesting shot, it must be a strange sensation to get closed in a tank with 70 meters high.
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.dutch_postings
04/30/07 6:29 PM GMT
A great piece of engineering here Hubert, absolutly wonderfull, am also pleased to see your narrative, it gives lots of interesting details, wich makes this even a greater marvel. The only thing i found disappointing was the speed of elevation, it takes an half hour i read, this must create a traffic jam of shipping i guess.
Wonderfull image, and i hope to see more from this place.
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.boremachine
05/19/07 1:08 AM GMT
ok, now I got it!
it's no askew elevator, it's a straight up and down one!
this one's going up 73 meters with 8,400 tons? WOW!!!
I thought the lift in Graz to the Schlossberg with about 90 meters is amazing, and that one'sonly for humans, just like an ordinary elevator.
this constuction makes one feel soooo small ;o)
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