🚥 Boat Lifts of the World

These are notable boat lifts — the engineering marvels that carry boats between canals of different heights on an inclined plane or in a caisson, from the great caisson lifts of Belgium and the vertical lifts of China to the historic plane-lifts of England’s canals, saving whole flights of locks. Each profile shows where the lift stands, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

15 boat lifts from 7 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any boat lift for its full profile.

Americas (3) Asia (2) Europe (10)

Americas (3 boat lifts)

Asia (2 boat lifts)

Europe (10 boat lifts)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.