Niederfinow Boat Lift

NIEDERFINOW BOAT LIFT
This structure is a technical monument and a special tourist attraction. More than 250,000 visitors come annually to see this unusual construction, which proves its functionality every day.
The boat lift overcomes a height difference of 36 meters along the Oder-Havel Canal.schiffshebewerk-niederfinow.info/schiffh1.htm

The Niederfinow Ship Lift, commissioned on March 21, 1934, is the oldest operating ship lift in Germany. Located in Niederfinow (Barnim), the lift overcomes a height difference of 36 meters between the highest reaches (Lehnitz Lock to the lift) and the Oder reaches (lift to Hohensaaten Locks) of the Havel-Oder Waterway at km 77.89.The ship lift is a protected industrial monument. In December 2007, it received the first "Historic Landmark of Civil Engineering in Germany" award from the Federal Chamber of Engineers.wsa-oder-havel.wsv.de/Webs/WSA/Oder-Havel/DE/Wasserstrassen/BauwerkeAnlagen/Hebewerke/hebewerke_node.html

Very interesting technical monument. Is still in operation and can be climbed.