Tags: World Heritage Site.
The lifts on the old Canal du Centre are a series of four hydraulic boat lifts near the town of La Louvière in the Sillon industriel of Wallonia classified both as Wallonia’s Major Heritage and as a World Heritage Site (province of Hainaut). Along a particular 7 km (4.3 mi) stretch of the Canal du Centre which connects the river basins of the Meuse and the Scheldt the water level rises by 66.2 metres (217 ft).
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