856 BE - The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainault) (1998)

Brief Description

"The four hydraulic boat-lifts on this short stretch of the historic Canal du Centre are industrial monuments of the highest quality. Together with the canal itself and its associated structures, they constitute a remarkably well-preserved and complete example of a late-19th-century industrial landscape. Of the eight hydraulic boat-lifts built at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, the only ones in the world which still exist in their original working condition are these four lifts on the Canal du Centre."

拉卢维耶尔和勒罗尔克斯中央运河上的四座船舶吊车（艾诺）
"在古老的中央运河这一小段上，有四座液压船舶吊车，是终极水平的工业杰作，加上运河本身及其附属设施，构成了一幅19世纪末的工业全景图，保存十分完好。19世纪末20世纪初共有八座液压船舶吊车，但是只有在中央运河上的这四座仍然保持着原始工作形态。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/856

No. 1 Houdeng-Goegnies
No. 2 Houdeng-Aimeries 
No. 3 Strépy-Bracquegnies 
No. 4 Thieu

Courtesy of dager from postcrossing forum

lift No. 2 Houdeng-Aimeries

Courtesy of Gerda from Belgium

No. 3 Strépy-Bracquegnies

Courtesy of Gilles from Belgium

No. 4 Thieu