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novocaine wrote:Cant remember what their proper name is. So ive asked a higher power (FIL),if he doesnt know one of his friends worked for the canal trust for a while and should know.
novocaine wrote:Just next to it there is an indent in both sides of the canel wall. The massive chunks of wood slot in to them. Its so they can isolate sections of the canel and drain it. The next one is just by my house at camsley bridge. You'll note that there is a larfw amount of grappenhall and stockton heath thats lower than the canal and there isnt a lock till you get to darsbery and the other directuons i think it castleford.
It is not for loading.
For those interested it's the Bridgewater canal.
Edit: note the numbers on the wood to tell you which goes where.
Peri wrote:I watched a programme somewhere a long time ago where they were draining and restoring a section of canal - there was a marker on the side of the canal (this wasn't a viaduct, it was in a city centre if I remember correctly), which indicated where the 'plug' was.
They fished about, found a chain, gave it a hefty pull and the plug came out - and the canal drained out over the course of a few hours!
Very weird to watch.
TrimTheKing wrote:Cheers chaps.
Yep photos are by London Bridge.
Yep the next one up is Stanney Lunt bridge which is the closest to me.
Thanks for the info, and for making me feel good about myself that my grey matter is still in decent working order having guessed correctly.
So Blackswanwood, are you from Grappenhall too then? My kids bit the go/went to St Wilf’s, lad still is and daughter is at Lymm High.
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