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((Unreferenced|date=March 2015))
((Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site
| image         = 01 Houdeng-Goegnies 050323 (2).JPG
| image_upright = 1.2
| caption       = [[Houdeng-Goegnies]]: lift no. 1
| official_name = The Four Lifts on the [[Canal du Centre (Belgium)|Canal du Centre]] and their Environs, [[La&nbsp;Louvière]] and [[Le&nbsp;Roeulx]] ([[Hainaut (province)|Hainaut]])
| location      = Hainaut, [[Belgium]]
| criteria      = ((UNESCO WHS type|(iii), (iv)))(iii), (iv)
| ID            = 856
| coordinates   = ((coord|50|28|52|N|4|8|14|E|format=dms|display=inline, title))
| year          = 1998
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The '''lifts on the Canal du Centre''' are a series of four hydraulic [[boat lift]]s near the town of [[La Louvière]] in [[Belgium]] which are classified as a [[World Heritage Site]] by [[UNESCO]]. All four are located on the [[Canal du Centre (Belgium)|Canal du Centre]] in Belgium's historic [[sillon industriel]] industrial belt.

==History and current status==
Along a particular ((convert|7|km|abbr=on)) stretch of the Canal du Centre, which connects the river basins of the [[Meuse (river)|Meuse]] and the [[Scheldt]], the water level rises by ((convert|66.2|m)). To overcome this difference, the ((convert|15.4|m)) lift at [[Houdeng-Goegnies]] was opened in 1888. The other three lifts, each with a ((convert|16.93|m)) rise, opened in 1917.

The elevators are double, consisting of two vertically mobile tanks or caissons, each supported in the centre by an iron column. The two columns are hydraulically linked in such a way that one caisson rises as the other descends, the weight of one counterbalancing the weight of the other. 

These lifts were designed by [[Edwin Clark (civil engineer)|Edwin Clark]] from the British company Clark, Stansfield & Clark. The lifts were part of the inspiration behind the [[Peterborough Lift Lock|Peterborough]] and [[Kirkfield Lift Lock]]s in [[Canada]]. In the late 19th century [[Richard Birdsall Rogers]] visited the locks so as to understand and study possible ideas for a lift lock system.

These industrial monuments were designated by [[UNESCO]] as a [[World Heritage Site]] in 1998.((Citation needed|date=March 2015)) The assemblage combines the four lifts with a variety of associated auxiliary buildings. Of the eight hydraulic lift locks built in the late 19th and early 20th century, the four on the Canal du Centre are the only ones still functioning in their original form((Citation needed|date=March 2015)).

Since 2002, operation of the lifts has been limited to recreational use((Citation needed|date=March 2015)). Commercial traffic now bypasses the old lifts and is handled by the enormous [[Strépy-Thieu boat lift]], whose rise of 73m was the highest in the world((Citation needed|date=March 2015)) upon completion.

Following an accident in January 2002, in which a malfunctioning elevator began rising as a motor barge was exiting, lift no. 1 was taken out of service((Citation needed|date=March 2015)). During the repair work, which began in 2005, a thorough restoration((Citation needed|date=March 2015)) was undertaken.

==Lifts==
[[File:Map boatlifts canal du centre.svg|thumb|upright=1.2|Map showing the location of boat lifts numbered 1-4; "A" denotes the new [[Strépy-Thieu boat lift]]]]
{|class="wikitable"
!Lift||Place Name||Coordinates||Rise||Photo
|-
|No. 1||[[Houdeng-Goegnies]]||((coord|50.4875|N|4.1758|E|region:BE_type:landmark|name=Lift of Houdeng-Goegnies))||((convert|15.40|m|abbr=on))||[[File:Canal du Centre - Ascenseur no 1, Houdeng-Goegnies (DSCF7857).jpg|200px]]
|-
|No. 2||[[Houdeng-Aimeries]]||((coord|50.4826|N|4.1423|E|region:BE_type:landmark|name=Lift of Houdeng-Aimeries))||((convert|16.93|m|abbr=on))||[[File:Canal du Centre - Ascenseur no 2, Houdeng-Aimeries (DSCF7927).jpg|200px]]
|-
|No. 3||[[Strépy-Bracquegnies]]||((coord|50.4813|N|4.1373|E|region:BE_type:landmark|name=Lift of Strépy-Bracquegnies))||((convert|16.93|m|abbr=on))||[[File:Canal du Centre - Ascenseur no 3, Strépy-Bracquegnies (DSCF7949).jpg|200px]]
|-
|No. 4||[[Thieu]]||((coord|50.4714|N|4.0945|E|region:BE_type:landmark|name=Lift of Thieu))||((convert|16.93|m|abbr=on))||[[File:Canal du Centre - Ascenseur no 4, Thieu (DSCF8014).jpg|200px]]
|}
((GeoGroupTemplate|group=left))

==External links==
((Commonscat|Four lifts on the old Canal du Centre))
* [https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/856/ Description from UNESCO]
* [http://addiator.blogspot.com/2010/09/world-heritage-boat-lifts-on-canal-du.html Maps and photographs of canal lifts]

((World Heritage Sites in Belgium))

((DEFAULTSORT:Lifts On The Old Canal Du Centre))
[[Category:Boat lifts|Canal Du Centre]]
[[Category:World Heritage Sites in Belgium]]
[[Category:Wallonia's Major Heritage]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Hainaut (province)]]
[[Category:Protected heritage sites in Hainaut (province)]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Hainaut (province)]]
[[Category:La Louvière]]

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