Scharnebeck twin ship lift

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Coordinates: 53°17′32″N, 10°29′18″E

Both troughs up
Both troughs up
A ship in the lift
A ship in the lift
Both troughs down
Both troughs down

The Scharnebeck twin ship lift is on the Elbe-Seitenkanal, which connects the Elbe (at Artlenburg) and the Mittellandkanal (near Wolfsburg).

The boat lift was built in Scharnebeck to the North-east of Lüneburg in 1974 and was at that time the largest ship lift in the world. The first ship passed through the lift on 1975-12-05.

There is a museum at the site which can be visited by walkers.

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[edit] Technical data

  • Design: double counterweight lift
  • Construction cost: 152 million Deutsche Mark
  • Vertical lift: max. 38 m (depending on the water level of the Elbe)
  • Trough size: usable length / usable width / water depth 105 m / 12 m / 3.38 m
  • Gate safety: The catch ropes at the trough gates reduce the usable length of the trough by 5m.
  • Total weight of the trough filled with water: 5,800 t
  • Total moving weight of a trough, the water contained, and associated parts: approx. 11,800 t
  • Weight of one counterweight of which their are 224 per trough: approx. 26.5 t (giving a total of 5,936 t per trough)
  • Dimensions of one counterweight: 6.8 m x 3.4 m x 0.32 m
  • Thickness of the steel cables: 54 mm
  • Source of power: 4 electric motors of 160 kW each (together about 870 horsepower)
  • Time taken to lift or lower a trough: 3 minutes
  • Time taken to pass through the lift: 15–20 minutes
  • Visitors per year: approx. 500,000

[edit] Further reading

  • Uhlemann, Hans-Joachim (2002). Canal lifts and inclines of the world, English Translation, Internat. ISBN 0-9543-1811-0. 

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