Today we visited the Henrichenburg ship lift in Waltrop, near Datteln. It's only about an hour's drive from Münster - and it's absolutely worth it! For one thing, of course, there's the old ship lift from 1899. Then there are all the outdoor facilities - at the upper water level there are complete canal port facilities. And finally, there's also the museum in the boiler house, which houses a complete steam engine that still functions. In addition, there's plenty more to see all around: the motor boat harbors, the old lock system from the same time as the ship lift, and of course the new ship lift as well. All of it can be visited as part of the Westphalian Industrial Museum. However, you should bring more time than we had - you can easily spend an afternoon there seeing everything.
