Boat lift
（重定向自Ship elevator）
![Strépy-Thieu boat lift (Belgium, Wallonia)](/Images/godic/202502/10/Strépy-Bracquegnies_JPG031658.jpg")
![The Falkirk Wheel (Scotland)](/Images/godic/202502/10/FalkirkWheelSide_2004_SeanMcClean1658.jpg")
![Peterborough Lift Lock (Canada)](/Images/godic/202502/10/PeterboroughLiftLock231658.jpg")
A boat lift, ship lift, or lift lock is a machine for transporting boats between water at two different elevations, and is an alternative to the canal lock and the canal inclined plane.
It may be either vertically moving, like the ship lifts in Germany, Belgium, the lift at "Les Fontinettes" in France or the Anderton boat lift in England, or rotational, like the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland.