Elbląg Canal
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Elbląg Canal is a canal in Poland, in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, 80.5 kilometres in length, which runs southward from Lake Drużno, to the river Drwęca and lake Jeziorak. It can accommodate small ve
Aerial view, showing one of the inclined planes
The canal, ca. 1880, by Hermann Penner
Elbląg Canal inclined plane
Ship "Ostróda" on crossing
Big Chute Marine Railway
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Big Chute Marine Railway is a patent slip at lock 44 of the Trent-Severn Waterway in the township of Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada. It works on an inclined plane to carry boats in individual cradles o
Elbląg Canal
…Augustów Canal, linking the river Vistula with the river Neman Big Chute Marine Railway also carries boats in an open carriage instead of a water filled caisson. Boat lift…
Big Chute Marine Railway
View from a vessel exiting the submerged carriage