The Niederfinow boat lift is no industrial archeology. In operation since 1937, it got recently a bit of an overhaul in order to keep it in good shape. Germans have maintenance in their genes.
In 2014 a bigger, faster and harder lift will be inaugurated. It will not be as poetic and fragile-looking as the steel beauty, it will look somewhat bulkier and building-like. Still, this means that we’re not thinking beauty but function, and that motorways will be less congested thanks to a more efficient boat lift. Here is the project…
…but as you can see above, men are already at work.
What can I say? I will love paying taxes to the German Finance Ministery for financing such things. And happy, not to waste my taxes in paying big salaries to bogus Ponte sullo Stretto managers. I vote with my credit card. This project will further strengthen commercial interchange between Poland and Germany (especially on heavy loads like coal, metals, metal scraps and machinery).
PS
for those who want to know more on how the lift operates, we can send you the movie… 
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