Fontinettes boat lift
The Fontinettes Boat Lift (French: Ascenseur des Fontinettes or Ascenseur à bateaux des Fontinettes[1] was built in 1888 on the Canal de Neufossé and connected the river Aa and the Neuffossé Canal in Arques, near Saint-Omer in the Pas-de-Calais.[2]
Design[edit]
The boat lift was designed by Edwin Clark (who also designed the Anderton Boat Lift) and M. Bertin a French engineer.[3] The metal was supplied by Société des anciens établissements Cail (now the Fives Group).[4]
Historical monument[edit]
The boat lift was awarded the status of Monument Historique in 2014.[5]
Fontinettes boat lift
Fontinettes boat lift
Sign describing the location
The old lock
The new lock
50°43′54″N 2°18′12″E / 50.7317°N 2.3033°E