In red, the path which is used by the boats to pass the powerhouse.
The boats are hoisted from the canal up to a movable boat carrier which transport the boat to the other side of the powerstation.

From Hagneck you can see the Bieler See, Ligerz with its funicular which climbs up to Presles (Tessenberg) and in the backgroung the Chasseral (1607 m).

The place where the Aare River enters into the Bierler See. On the left the Hagneck dam, on the right, the Hagneck powerhouse.

The Hagneck powerhouse.
In the foreground, stairs with an incline plane which is used to move boats from one side to the other side of the powerhouse. On the right you can see two of the four cavities which are used to align the wheels of the boat carrier with the incline plane.

The upstream incline plane. .

The Hagneck dam
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The boat carrier
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The movable boat carrier.
It is an automobile carrier with an engine, a driver's cab with a steering wheel.
It is like a removal lift with its platform which can go down rolling on the rails beside the river... the plateform goes under the water to catch the boat which is put back up on the mobile carrier.
The carrier then goes to the other side of the powerhouse to move down the boat on the inclined rails .

The movable boat carrier is in fact a real inclined cable lift!
The platform rolls onto inclined rails, It is pulled by two cables which are winded around a winch located on the right of the seat.

On the right of the seat, the winch with its two cables.
On the right, the shaft which commands the winch with a clutch and a reducton gear.

On the left you can see part of the engine.
You can also see the cable which pulls the platform.