The Central Canal is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is equipped with many fascinating features, including boat-lifts, swing-bridges and draw-bridges plus the buildings housing the machinery that drives them. There are many different ways of visiting them, including boat-trips, and tourist road-trains. Advance reservation is advised for the boat-trips, which include return boat-trip, guided tour of machinery house and of the exhibition "Mr. Clarck, the Engineer's fabulous machine" Canal Du Centre Historique CO Voies D'Eau Du Hainaut asbl Rue Tout -y-Faut 90 7110 La Louvere Tel: +32(0)64 84 78 31 email: stchc@skynet.be web: www.http://voiesdeau.hainut.be