Building the Three Gorges Dam ship lift in the world: Construction of ship lift at the Three Gorges Dam was completed in May last. It can be used to lift vessels up to 3,000 tons of freight a vertical height of 113 meters, it only takes 30-40 minutes to help shorten the time to cruise through the Yangtze River, the dam has to be up to six hours.
Besides, it is different from other structures of the same type realized up to now: As part of a dam complex with power stations, flood protection and two chains of locks, the ship lift is subjected to short-term operational water level fluctuations of up to 50 cm per hour on the downstream side.