Hydraulic boat lift No. 2 at Houdeng-Aimeries

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canal infrastructure hydraulic boat lift industrial heritage site

Hydraulic boat lift No. 2 at Houdeng-Aimeries is one of the historic industrial-era boat lifts on Belgium’s Canal du Centre, designed to raise and lower vessels between different canal levels using hydraulic power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal infrastructure ⓘ
hydraulic boat lift ⓘ
industrial heritage site ⓘ
access by canal ⓘ
by road ⓘ
category maritime structure ⓘ
tourist attraction in Belgium ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ
constructionMaterial iron ⓘ
masonry ⓘ
steel ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
designedFor barges ⓘ
canal boats ⓘ
engineeringDiscipline civil engineering ⓘ
hydraulic engineering ⓘ
era industrial era ⓘ
function lower vessels between canal levels ⓘ
raise vessels between canal levels ⓘ
hasComponent caisson ⓘ
control house ⓘ
counterweight system ⓘ
hydraulic rams ⓘ
metal framework ⓘ
hasNumber 2 ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageDesignationAppliesToPart The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPartOf Canal du Centre hydraulic lift system NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Belgium ⓘ
Houdeng-Aimeries NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wallonia ⓘ
locatedOnWaterway Canal du Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ
movementType vertical boat transport ⓘ
namedAfter Houdeng-Aimeries NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor preserved original industrial machinery ⓘ
use of hydraulic power instead of locks ⓘ
operatingPrinciple counterbalanced water-filled caissons ⓘ
partOf historic Canal du Centre boat lifts ⓘ
poweredBy water-powered hydraulic system ⓘ
preservationStatus protected historic structure ⓘ
region province of Hainaut NERFINISHED ⓘ
relativePosition between two different canal levels ⓘ
significance example of late 19th–early 20th century hydraulic engineering ⓘ
tourismUse heritage tourism ⓘ
technical visits and guided tours ⓘ
transportRole navigation aid on Canal du Centre ⓘ
uses hydraulic power ⓘ

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Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs → hasPart → Hydraulic boat lift No. 2 at Houdeng-Aimeries ⓘ