Niederfinow Boat Lift

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boat lift engineering structure transport infrastructure vertical ship lift

The Niederfinow Boat Lift is a historic vertical ship lift in Brandenburg, Germany, that raises and lowers vessels between different water levels and is one of the oldest operational boat lifts in Europe.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Niederfinow Ship Lift	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	boat lift ⓘ engineering structure ⓘ transport infrastructure ⓘ vertical ship lift ⓘ
annualVisitors	hundreds of thousands ⓘ
connectsWaterway	Oder–Havel Canal lower level ⓘ Oder–Havel Canal upper level NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1927 ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
designedBy	German Reichsbahn engineers ⓘ
function	lower vessels between different water levels ⓘ raise vessels between different water levels ⓘ
hasViewingPlatform	yes ⓘ
heightDifferenceBridged	about 36 metres ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic structure ⓘ
inaugurationDate	1934 ⓘ
isOneOf	oldest operational boat lifts in Europe ⓘ
liftTime	about 5 minutes ⓘ
locatedIn	Brandenburg ⓘ Niederfinow NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Barnim district NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Oder River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnWaterway	Oder–Havel Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed	concrete ⓘ steel ⓘ
nearbyStructure	New Niederfinow Boat Lift NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAs	engineering landmark in Germany ⓘ
openingDate	21 March 1934 ⓘ
operator	Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt Eberswalde NERFINISHED ⓘ
owner	Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	German inland waterway network NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaced	Niederfinow staircase lock NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantFor	inland shipping between Berlin and the Oder River ⓘ
status	operational ⓘ
structureHeight	about 60 metres ⓘ
totalLength	about 94 metres ⓘ
totalWidth	about 27 metres ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
transitTimeIncludingLocking	about 20 minutes ⓘ
troughLength	about 85 metres ⓘ
troughWaterDepth	about 2.5 metres ⓘ
troughWeightWithWater	about 4300 tonnes ⓘ
troughWidth	about 12 metres ⓘ
UNLOCODE	DENIEDERFINOW_BOATLIFT NERFINISHED ⓘ
uses	counterweights ⓘ electric drive ⓘ steel cables ⓘ
verticalLiftHeight	about 36 metres ⓘ

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