Les Fontinettes

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Les Fontinettes

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canals and inland waterways
Boat lifts
…1888 lifts were constructed at Les Fontinettes, France, for 300-ton vessels and at La Louvière, Belgium, for 400-ton vessels. Similar hydraulic lift locks were constructed at Kirkfield and Peterborough in Ontario, Canada; the latter, completed in 1904, has a lift of nearly 20 meters (65 feet). Float lifts were constructed…
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…1888 lifts were constructed at Les Fontinettes, France, for 300-ton vessels and at La Louvière, Belgium, for 400-ton vessels. Similar hydraulic lift locks were constructed at Kirkfield and Peterborough in Ontario, Canada; the latter, completed in 1904, has a lift of nearly 20 meters (65 feet). Float lifts were constructed…
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