Strépy-Thieu boat lift

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The Strépy-Thieu boat lift is a massive vertical ship lift on the Canal du Centre in Belgium, renowned as one of the tallest boat lifts in the world and a major feat of modern engineering.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf boat lift
engineering structure
ship lift
transport infrastructure
connects Meuse River basin NERFINISHED
Scheldt River basin NERFINISHED
constructionStartDate 1982
country Belgium
crosses Canal du Centre NERFINISHED
designedForVesselClass European Class IV vessels
designedForVesselDisplacement 1350 tonnes
engineeringMethod counterweight-balanced caissons
hasCaissonLength 112 metres
hasCaissonWaterDepth 3.35 metres
hasCaissonWidth 12 metres
hasFeature control and operations building
massive concrete towers
steel caisson structures
two independent caissons
hasNumberOfCaissons 2
hasStatus major feat of modern engineering
one of the tallest boat lifts in the world
hasTouristFunction visitor attraction
hasVerticalLift 73.15 metres
approximately 73 metres
height approximately 102 metres
inaugurationDate 2002
length approximately 130 metres
locatedIn Hainaut Province NERFINISHED
Wallonia
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
locatedNear La Louvière NERFINISHED
Mons NERFINISHED
Strépy-Bracquegnies NERFINISHED
Thieu NERFINISHED
locatedOn new Canal du Centre NERFINISHED
locatedOnWaterway Canal du Centre NERFINISHED
movementType vertical lift
openingDate 2002
partOf Belgian inland waterways network NERFINISHED
replaced Bracquegnies boat lift NERFINISHED
Houdeng-Aimeries boat lift NERFINISHED
Houdeng-Goegnies boat lift NERFINISHED
Thieu boat lift NERFINISHED
historic Canal du Centre boat lifts
usedFor commercial shipping
inland waterway transport
tourist navigation
width approximately 81 metres

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La Louvière hasLandmark Strépy-Thieu boat lift