Anderton hydraulic boat lift
Elevador hidráulico de barcos de Anderton
- Date
- 1875 · confidence high
- Place
- Anderton, Northwich, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- Edwin Clark and Edward Leader Williams
- Field
- Movement
What it is
A lift with two water-filled caissons raising or lowering boats 15 m between the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal by hydraulic rams. It replaced a long chain of locks.
What it led to
- boat lifts at Les Fontinettes and La Louvière
- an alternative to locks for large height differences
- the Falkirk Wheel and modern lifts