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Industrial heritage
Scharnebeck
The Scharnebeck ship lift (Schiffshebewerk Scharnebeck, also called Lüneburg ship lift) is a giant double vertical boat elevator on the Elbe Lateral Canal in Lower Saxony. Two huge troughs raise and lower inland vessels by up to 38 meters,…
Industrial heritage
Kochel am See
The Walchensee Hydroelectric Power Station in Kochel am See is one of Germany's great industrial landmarks and still produces electricity a century after it opened. Six enormous steel pipes carry water from Lake Walchensee down roughly 200…
Industrial heritage
Magdeburg
The Magdeburg Water Bridge, or Wasserstraßenkreuz Magdeburg, near Hohenwarthe is a rare piece of engineering: the Mittelland Canal crosses the Elbe river on an 918-meter steel trough bridge, so ships sail over the river instead of detourin…
Industrial heritage
Wuppertal
The Wuppertal Schwebebahn is the world's oldest electric suspended monorail still in regular service and the symbol of the city of Wuppertal in western Germany. Since 1901 its cars have hung from a steel frame, gliding mostly above the Wup…