Here's a timelapse of a 40 minute ride of the Three Gorges Dam ship lift, the world’s largest one of its kind. It features an impressive capacity capable of elevating ships up to 3,000 tons along with a volume of water roughly equivalent to four Olympic-sized swimming pools. Its introduction allows passengers to bypass the slow and arduous 5-stage ship locks.

The ship lift features a ship basin nearly 400-feet long by 60-feet wide and climbs a vertical distance of 370 feet (113 meters) —the height of a 40-story building. Its first operational use took place in September 2016.

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