Magdeburg-Rothensee Ship Lift

A trough bridge over the Elbe was already planned at the start of construction in the 1930s. However, it was no longer completed before the Second World War. This planning was no longer pursued in the GDR period. It was only in the course of the German Unity Transport Projects (VDE) that it was built as the Magdeburg waterway junction (VDE No. 17). The boat lift was originally intended only as a connection between the Elbe and Saale rivers to the Mittelland Canal. Due to the fact that the Elbe was not bridged for more than six decades, the boat lift became significantly more important. All ship traffic from the industrial centers of Western Europe to West Berlin passed the ship lift.
With the completion of the Rothensee parallel airlock in 2001, which is also designed for larger ship types, the boat lift lost its importance in terms of transport technology. At first it remained in operation as a technical monument.
SOURCE: Wikipedia

Type Two-float hoist with spindle guide
commissioning 1938
Lifting height 10.45 - 18.46 m (depending on the water level)
Trough size Length 85 m x width 12 m x water depth 2.50 m
Useful size 82 mx 9.50 mx 2 m
Total moving weight 5,400 t

Inaugurated in 1938, the company was initially set in 2006. Recommissioning took place in 2013.More information under:sehenswuerdigkeiten-magdeburg.de/pages/schiffshebewerk-rothensee.php