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Historical boat lift


Historical boat lift
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Copyright: Fabrice Pluquet (loupiot) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 330 W: 7 N: 565] (3863)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-05-19
Categories: Architecture
Camera: Canon PowerShot S50
Exposure: f/4, 1/1000 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-05-19 16:17
Viewed: 360
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French]
All rights reserved. This picture is under copyright. Use in any form (web, paper publication or otherwise) is strictly forbidden without the written permission of the author.

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The "Canal du centre" is an axis of connection between Meuse and Scheldt basins. In order to compensate 66 meters high between the 2 basins, four hydraulic boat lifts were built between 1888 and 1917.

These lifts are double, the weights of the two vats compensating for and allowing a handling by the only hydraulic force.

Here, the lift number 4, located at Thieu.

Boat lifts of the "Canal du centre" form part of the world inheritance of UNESCO since 1998.
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Hi Fabrice,

A very nice & clear picture of this remarkable place. Excellent sharpness and detail and nice "postcard" colors. TFS

Wolf

Bonjour Fabrice,
Très belle composition! Beaux détails et magnifiques couleurs! Rien de tel que Canon ;-)
L'endroit semble vraiment valoir la peine!
Bonne soirée,
Isabelle

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