The original Henrichenburg lift-lock at Waltrop is a popular destination for excursions. This, the biggest civil engineering work on the Dortmund-Ems canal, was inaugurated by Kaiser Wilhelm II on 11 August 1899, and for the next 63 years it carried barges of up to 600 tons between the level of the canal's longest pound and
that of its terminal section (14 m higher). In 1962, it was replaced by the bigger and faster lift-lock that remains in operation nearby.
Today, the original lift-lock is one of Europe's most remarkable industrial monuments...