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注意。自転車道全体にガラスの破片が広範囲に散らばっていました。自転車道自体もかなり状態が悪いため、細心の注意が必要です。集落では突然終わってしまうため、交通量の多い道路を渡らなければなりません。

The path is once again passable along its entire length from Ronquières to Ecaussinnes with a beautiful tarmac strip.

At the marina club, you can enjoy a drink and a small snack, spaghetti, croque monsieur, and more. There's a very pleasant terrace overlooking the canal and the passing boats. Order at the bar with Koen, the owner. Payment can be made in cash or by card.

The Ronquières inclined plane is a unique boat lift. Built in 1968, it allows barges to overcome a drop of nearly 70 meters thanks to a system of sliding trays. The structure can be observed from the cycle path along the canal.

Cycle paths along the canals in Belgium are usually nice to ride on, provided the surface is right.

Here we find ourselves at a modern technical structure of almost unimaginable dimensions. This enormous facility – like probably every project of this magnitude – has two aspects: Some may be in awe of the engineering that made it possible to plan and build this gigantic structure at the end of the 20th century. Others may be more concerned with the enormous intervention in nature that was necessary to realize the project and may doubt its usefulness. However, such a conflict of interest is by no means only a sign of the times, for the monumental – some might prefer the term monstrous – structure is the modern descendant of a series of significantly smaller ship lifts that were built in earlier times – and have now even been recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as an industrial monument. Both the old facility and its modern successor are presented in a 15-minute feature (in German) in the series "Treasures of the World - Heritage of Humanity." If you are interested, see =>> https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/schaetze-der-welt/canal-du-centre-die-vier-schiffshebewerke-des-canal-du-centre-belgien-folge-375/3sat/Y3JpZDovL3N3ci5kZS82NjEwNTUy

The Ronquières inclined plane is an exceptional work of art