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Table 3 List of the principal ship lifts in service or under construction from 1788 to the present time (after Partenscky)
date location waterway lift length width water
depth
wt, of tank ship
capacity
1788 England, Ketley Works canal at Ketley 21,3 5.8 1.8 - - 5
1790 England, Shropshire Shropshire Canal 61.3 5.8 1.8 - - 5
1838 England, Taunton Grand Western Canal 14.0 9.1 2.2 1.0 - 8
1850 Scotland, Glasgow-Blackhill Monkland Canal 29.3 21.3 4.4 0.6 70 35
1809 England, Tardebigge Worcester and Birmingham Canal 3.6 21.8 2.4 1.4 - 40
1860 Germany, Weichsel-Niederung Oberlandischer Canal 25.0 14.3 5.2 - 84 50
1825 U.S.A., Between Phillipsburg and New York Morris Canal 30.4 24.0 3.2 - 130 70
1893 France, Meaux Canal de l'Ouroq 12.2 24.0 3.8 - - 70
1900 England, Foxton Junction Canal 22.0 24.4 4.6 1.5 - 70
1875 England, Anderton Junction of Trent-Mersey Canal and R. Weaver 15.4 22.8 4.8 1.4 240 100
1876 U.S.A., Georgetown Potomac River 11.6 34.1 5.1 2.4 390 135
1973 China, Danchiangkou Dam Nanjiang River Hubei Province 33.0 24.0 10.7 0.9 400 150
1973 China, Danchiangkou Dam Nanjiang River Hubei Province 33.5 32.5 10.7 - 150 150
1888 France, Les Fontinettes Canal de Neufosse 13.1 40.1 5.6 2.0 800 300
1969 France, Arzviller Rhein-Marne Canal 44.5 42.5 5.5 3.2 894 350
1974 France, Montech Garonne Lateral Canal 14.3 125.0 6.0 3.75 - 350
1983 France, Fonserannes Canal du Midi 13.6 88.0 6.0 4.4 - 350
1888 Belgium, La Louviere Canal du Centre 15.4 43.2 5.8 2.4 1050 360
1917 Belgium, Moudeng-Aimeries Canal du Centre 16.9 41.1 5.8 2.4 1570 360
1899 Germany, (F.R.) Henrichenburg Dortmund-Ems Canal 16.0 68.0 8.6 2.5 2340 800
1904 Canada, Peterborough Trent Canal 19.8 42.4 10.0 2.7 1714 800
1907 Canada, Kirkfield Trent Canal 14.8 42.4 10.0 2.7 1714 800
1934 D.R. Germany, Niederfinow Havel-Oder waterway 36.0 85.0 12.0 2.5 4300 1000
1938 D.R. Germany, Rothensee Weser-Elbe Canal 18.7 85.0 12.2 2.5 4000 1000
1962 F.R. Germany, Henrichenburg-Waltrop Dortmund-Ems Canal 13.7 90.0 12.0 3.0 5000 1350
1968 Belgium, Rosquieres Brussels-Charlesroi Canal 67.5 91.0 12.0 3.7 5200 1350
1975 F.R. Germany, Luneburg Elbe Lateral Canal 38.0 100.0 12.0 3.5 5700 1350
under construction Belgium, Strepy-Thieu Canal du Centre 73.0 112.0 12.0 3.5 7500 1350
1985 U.S.S.R., Krasnotarsk Jenissej 101.0 90.0 12.0 3.3 6720 1500