× Information on this section of ECOLEX comes from the InforMEA Portal which compiled information from MEA Secretariats with the support of the European Union. The accuracy of the information displayed is the responsibility of the originating data source. In case of discrepancy the information as displayed on the respective MEA website prevails. Inscription: The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut) (Belgium) Tipo de documento Decision Número de referencia VIII.B.1 Fecha Nov 30, 1998 FuenteUNEP, InforMEA Estado Activo Materia Especies silvestres y ecosistemas Tratado Convención para la Protección del Patrimonio Mundial, Cultural y Natural (Nov 23, 1972) Reunión 22e session du Comité Página web whc.unesco.org Resumen Property: The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut) Id. N°: 856 State Party: Belgium Criteria: C (iii)(iv) The Committee inscribed the site on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (iii) and (iv): Criterion (iii): The boat-lifts of the Canal du Centre bear remarkable testimony to the hydraulic engineering developments of 19th-century Europe. Criterion (iv): These boat-lifts represent the apogee of the application of engineering technology to the construction of canals.