Difficult construction
Its construction did not go without a hitch, and upon settlement, the lift turned out to be more expensive than planned. The stability of the subsurface, in particular, was a problem for the engineers.
All's well that ends: the first boat took off in 2002. It was the highest lift in the world for over a decade, until the Chinese put a 113-meter-high one into use at the Three Gorges Dam in September 2016.