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Les quatre ascenseurs du Canal du Centre

7110 Houdeng-Gœgnies, Belgium (Wallonne)
Address The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre
Rue Tout-Y-Faut 90 (Visitor Center) 
 
Floor area 670 000 m² / 7 211 820 ft²  
 
Museum typ Exhibition
Navy / Watercraft
  • Cranes and Lifts

Opening times

Admission
Status from 12/2015
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Contact
Tel.:+32-64-84 78 31  Fax:+32-64-28 11 01  
eMail:stchc skynet.be   
Homepage
to Location / Directions
whc.unesco.org/en/list/856
www.canal-du-centre.be/Education/Chc/Fr/canalducentre.html
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Location / Directions
N50.485182° E4.172300°N50°29.11092' E4°10.33800'N50°29'6.6552" E4°10'20.2800"
Lift - Place Name             Coordinates           Rise
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No. 1: Houdeng-Goegnies       50.4875°N 4.1758°E    15.40 m (50.5 ft)
No. 2: Houdeng-Aimeries       50.4826°N 4.1423°E    16.93 m (55.5 ft)
No. 3: Strépy-Bracquegnies    50.4813°N 4.1373°E    16.93 m (55.5 ft)
No. 4: Thieu                  50.4714°N 4.0945°E    16.93 m (55.5 ft)
Description

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Lifts on the old Canal du Centre

The lifts on the old Canal du Centre are a series of four hydraulic boat lifts near the town of La Louvière in the Sillon industriel of Wallonia, classified both as Wallonia's Major Heritage and as a World Heritage Site (province of Hainaut). Along a particular 7 km (4.3 mi) stretch of the Canal du Centre, which connects the river basins of the Meuse and the Scheldt, the water level rises by 66.2 metres (217 ft). To overcome this difference, the 15.4-metre lift at Houdeng-Goegnies was opened in 1888, and the other three lifts, each with a 16.93 metres (55.5 ft) rise, opened in 1917.

The elevators are double, consisting of two vertically mobile tanks or caissons, each supported in the centre by an iron column. The two columns are hydraulically linked in such a way that one caisson rises as the other descends, the weight of one counterbalancing the weight of the other.
 

Recent history

These industrial monuments were designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1998. Of the eight hydraulic lift locks built in the late 19th and early 20th century, the four of the Canal du Centre are the only ones still functioning in their original form.

Since 2002, operation of the lifts has been limited to recreational use. Commercial traffic now bypasses the old lifts and is handled by the enormous Strépy-Thieu boat lift, whose rise of 73m was the highest in the world upon completion.
 
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