This title was previously awarded in 2007 to the Niederfinow boat lift.

The Niederfinow boat lift is best reached by car; a road map with alternative routes can be found at www.schiffshebewerk.de/seiten/anreise.asp.

In the same period the Niederfinow Boat Lift was built to similar design principles and is still in operation today.

The Niederfinow Boat Lift is the oldest working boat lift in Germany.

The commonality of the two projects was so close that the cables of the Karnin Lift Bridge were pre-stressed on the construction site of the Niederfinow Boat Lift and then transported by special railway wagons to Karnin.