Yantan Ship Lift Explained

The Yantan Ship Lift is a large ship lift located on the Hongshui River, a tributary of the Pearl River in China.^[1] The ship lift's basin can carry vessels of up to 250 tons.The ship lift's basin is 40m (130feet) × 10.8m (35.4feet) × 1.8m (05.9feet).It lifts vessels 68.5m (224.7feet).It is an example of a Vertical Hoist Shiplift.

The ship lift is part of the Yantan Hydroelectric Project, and was completed in 1986.^[2] The dam was built with the assistance of the World Bank.

Notes and References

1. News: PROTOTYPE OBSERVATION STUDY OF YANTAN VERTICAL SHIP LIFT . . Zhu Shihong . Niu Xingqiang . Yang Chun . 2009-10-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717191235/http://www.iahr.org/e-library/beijing_proceedings/Theme_D/PROTOTYPE%20OBSERVATION%20STUDY.html . 2011-07-17 . dead.
2. News: Yantan Hydroelectric Project. World Bank. 1986-05-05. 2009-10-14.