How do Three Gorges cruise ships pass through the Three Gorges Dam

There are two ways for Three Gorges cruise ships to pass through the Three Gorges Dam. One is to pass through the five level ship lock, which injects water into the lock chamber and uses the principle of rising water to lift the ship. There are a total of five level ship locks, and this method is slow and time-consuming. For example, the President 6 cruise ship passed through the five level ship lock. Another way is to use a ship lift to pass through the Three Gorges Dam, and a "super elevator" consisting of 16 sets of counterweight pulleys and 256 steel wire ropes can "pull" the ship's cabin, allowing the cruise ship to quickly rise to a height of 100 meters, equivalent to the height of nearly 40 floors of a building. This method takes less than an hour to pass through the Three Gorges Dam. I also saw the relevant pictures on the official website for booking tickets for Meiya Three Gorges Cruise.

How does a Three Gorges cruise ship pass through the Three Gorges Dam? I was also very curious about this question at the time, after all, how powerful the national treasure is when it is promoted to the outside world. I must go and explore it when I board the Three Gorges cruise ship. This was my idea at that time, so I purchased the Presidential No. 6 cruise ship that passes through the five level locks of the Three Gorges Dam on theMeiya Three Gorges Cruise booking website. It turned out that the Three Gorges cruise ship passing through the Three Gorges Dam is like taking a water elevator, using five lock chambers and six zigzag gates to achieve the lifting and lowering of the Three Gorges cruise ship. Of course, one lock needs to be filled with water and released by one lock to pass through step by step. In busy locks, ships also need to wait in line when passing through the dam. It takes about three hours for a ship to pass through the Three Gorges Dam. The picture of the Three Gorges Dam can be seen on the official website of Meiya Three Gorges Cruise booking.

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