47 Tage GEHEIMNIS: Schiffshebewerk Niederfinow

Research complete. Here is the ready-to-paste description followed by hashtags: The Niederfinow ship lift was opened in 1934. It is still operating today. And it holds a secret that was never fully revealed in any official brochure for 91 years. 14,000 tons of riveted steel. Twice the weight of the Eiffel Tower. 47 unplanned days of downtime in 73 years. 99.82 percent technical availability. Built by engineers of the Weimar Republic, without computers, without digital simulation. The new Niederfinow North ship lift next to it took 14 years to build and cost €391.6 million. For the same principle. Weimar officials accomplished that in 7 years. On March 21, 1934, the Nazi regime opened a structure it had neither planned nor built. Rudolf Hess appeared as Hitler's representative. The workers who had built it stood behind barriers. And the man whose patent made the entire propulsion system possible was not mentioned in the opening brochure. His name: Alfred Loebell. German Patent No. 380 377. Filed in 1923. The Niederfinow ship lift still operates on his invention today. Write 1 or 2 in the comments: 1 — The ship lift is a testament to the strength of the Weimar Republic. 2 — History was rewritten in 1934, and we're only realizing it now. The "AKTE BAUWERK" (Structure File) investigates structures whose official history doesn't match the documents. New episode every month.