Hydraulic boat lift No. 4 at Thieu

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UNESCO World Heritage Site component boat lift hydraulic boat lift industrial heritage site

Hydraulic boat lift No. 4 at Thieu is one of the historic industrial-era boat lifts on Belgium’s Canal du Centre, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage engineering monument.

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Hydraulic boat lift No. 4 at Thieu canonical	1

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Target entity: Hydraulic boat lift No. 4 at Thieu
Context triple: [Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, hasPart, Hydraulic boat lift No. 4 at Thieu]

A. Anderton Boat Lift
The Anderton Boat Lift is a historic Victorian-era boat lift in Cheshire, England, that vertically transports boats between the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal.
B. Kirkfield Lift Lock
Kirkfield Lift Lock is a historic hydraulic boat lift in Ontario, Canada, known as one of the highest lift locks in the world and a key engineering feature of the Trent–Severn Waterway.
C. Nam Ngum 4 Hydropower Project
The Nam Ngum 4 Hydropower Project is a planned hydroelectric power development in Laos designed to generate electricity from the Nam Ngum River as part of the country’s expanding hydropower sector.
D. Wheeler Lock and Dam
Wheeler Lock and Dam is a major navigation and hydroelectric structure on the Tennessee River in northern Alabama, forming Wheeler Lake and facilitating river traffic and power generation.
E. Nam Ngum 5 Hydropower Project
The Nam Ngum 5 Hydropower Project is a hydroelectric power development in Laos that harnesses the Nam Ngum River to generate electricity for the country’s energy grid and regional power exports.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hydraulic boat lift No. 4 at Thieu
Target entity description: Hydraulic boat lift No. 4 at Thieu is one of the historic industrial-era boat lifts on Belgium’s Canal du Centre, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage engineering monument.

A. Anderton Boat Lift
The Anderton Boat Lift is a historic Victorian-era boat lift in Cheshire, England, that vertically transports boats between the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal.
B. Kirkfield Lift Lock
Kirkfield Lift Lock is a historic hydraulic boat lift in Ontario, Canada, known as one of the highest lift locks in the world and a key engineering feature of the Trent–Severn Waterway.
C. Nam Ngum 4 Hydropower Project
The Nam Ngum 4 Hydropower Project is a planned hydroelectric power development in Laos designed to generate electricity from the Nam Ngum River as part of the country’s expanding hydropower sector.
D. Wheeler Lock and Dam
Wheeler Lock and Dam is a major navigation and hydroelectric structure on the Tennessee River in northern Alabama, forming Wheeler Lake and facilitating river traffic and power generation.
E. Nam Ngum 5 Hydropower Project
The Nam Ngum 5 Hydropower Project is a hydroelectric power development in Laos that harnesses the Nam Ngum River to generate electricity for the country’s energy grid and regional power exports.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ boat lift ⓘ hydraulic boat lift ⓘ industrial heritage site ⓘ
architecturalStyle	industrial engineering structure ⓘ
constructionStart	1910 ⓘ
country	Belgium ⓘ
elevationDifference	16.93 metres ⓘ approximately 17 metres ⓘ
function	to raise and lower boats between different canal levels ⓘ
hasLanguageOfSignage	Dutch ⓘ French ⓘ
heritageCriteria	(iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late 19th–early 20th century industrial era ⓘ
inception	1917 ⓘ
isPartOfSeriesWith	Hydraulic boat lift No. 1 at Houdeng-Goegnies NERFINISHED ⓘ Hydraulic boat lift No. 2 at Houdeng-Aimeries NERFINISHED ⓘ Hydraulic boat lift No. 3 at Bracquegnies NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Belgium ⓘ Canal du Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ Thieu NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallonia ⓘ
material	masonry ⓘ riveted iron ⓘ steel ⓘ
near	La Louvière NERFINISHED ⓘ Le Roeulx NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfLiftsInSeries	4 ⓘ
operator	Service public de Wallonie (SPW) waterways administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	La Louvière and Le Roeulx canal landscape NERFINISHED ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site "The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx" NERFINISHED ⓘ historic Canal du Centre boat lifts NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Hainaut Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
seriesPosition	No. 4 ⓘ
significantFor	development of hydraulic boat lift technology ⓘ history of industrial-era canal engineering ⓘ
status	operational for heritage and tourism use ⓘ preserved ⓘ
technology	hydraulic counterweight system ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory	cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear	1998 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	856 ⓘ
usedFor	heritage tourism ⓘ inland navigation ⓘ
waterway	Canal du Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ

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