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On 20/08/2023 at 00:34, Drayke said:
Does any one know if plans are available for Old Wide Work Boats, some thing like "Golden Spray"
https://www.pinterest.jp/pin/735846026603894632/
From the CRT archive web site:
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Having spent an hour of mine and two other peoples time yesterday dismantling and re-erecting a Titan canopy on a widebream all I can say is that it involves an awful lot of zips 😞
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On 14/08/2023 at 14:23, David Mack said:
The same view today , actually yesterday. I believe hat the distance between the two stations id the shortest in the UK at 125metres!
On 14/08/2023 at 14:17, Tim Lewis said:I can't see 100168E 😞
One of mine taken from the other direction in October 1988
By co-incidence I was boating through here yesterday, this is the current view, the curved building in the centre is the Canary Wharf Elizabeth line station:
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On 22/07/2023 at 07:38, Ken X said:
Many years ago I was involved in the stability testing of a new ferry for Christchurch Harbour. We spent a long and very hot day shifting many many 75kg weights all around the vessel whilst the man from the ministry watched and directed. At each configuration the freeboard was carefully measured all round the boat and calculations made. I guess a similar test may be needed for this boat.
Last year we bought a trip boat for the London Canal Museum. One of the things that we had to do before we bought it was to carry out a stability test which involved putting weights representing the maximum number of people along one edge and measuring the tilt. The requirement was for 75kg per person, we allowed for14 people
I attach a couple of pictures of the test.
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3 hours ago, David Mack said:
Nope. North Quay (as I'm pretty sure it was originally named), Canary Wharf and Heron Wharf (later Heron Quays) stations were all originally basic 2 platform 30m long (single unit train) stations, situated on the two track viaduct across all three West India Docks. The Canary Wharf development led initially to extending the stations to 60m for 2-unit trains, then when the Reichman Brothers took over the CW project and hugely increased the scale of the development, Canary Wharf Station was rebuilt with three tracks, and then the section across North Dock was widened to 4 tracks.
Thanks David
I have since found a picture of mine from when I was working on the construction of the first phase of Canary Wharf in 1990 which shows the station as a two platform one, however, I would note that the first phase of the DLR did not include a station at Canary Wharf, it was built later once the development was under way. This was a real pain for us working on the wharf as we had to park up in Poplar then be bussed onto site. It was such an awful place to work that we were paid a 10% extra salary 'Docklands Allowance' to work there!
Although the station wasn't built until later the driverless trains were still programmed to stop at the site of the future station I guess to save the cost of reprogramming the system once the station was built.
This photo shows the Canary Wharf Station under construction with the West India Quay station by the Delta junction.
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34 minutes ago, David Mack said:
That is certainly the Docklands light railway, I reckon it is looking North from Canary Wharf to West India Quay Station but I thought that it was a four platform station from the start!
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57 minutes ago, David Mack said:
Good call Tim. I knew it looked familiar.
Presumably taken from the same DLR train as 100168E.
I can't see 100168E 😞
1 hour ago, Tim Lewis said:100156E is the North Dock of the London West India Docks in the early days of the construction of the Canary Wharf office complex, Canary Wharf being on the right of the picture.
The dock is now largely filled in with office blocks and the Canary Wharf Elizabeth Line station.
The building centre left with the yellow trusses is the relocated Billingsgate fish market, soon to be relocated again to Dagenham!
One of mine taken from the other direction in October 1988
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100156E is the North Dock of the London West India Docks in the early days of the construction of the Canary Wharf office complex, Canary Wharf being on the right of the picture.
The dock is now largely filled in with office blocks and the Canary Wharf Elizabeth Line station.
The building centre left with the yellow trusses is the relocated Billingsgate fish market, soon to be relocated again to Dagenham!
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If you can wait for the canal to be restored here’s a toll collectors house in the Somerset Coal Canal: https://www.tyningsbath.com/properties-for-sale/property/11617582-midford-road-midford-bath?fbclid=IwAR1fjUnNyOAAgR7g8pqBOt9qoYPlDr-L_UyM6ehBMIo8hBYCrU3BsJoEmCQ_aem_AQzCdDY78N-GyipR2vgnqmmrFocJpNM7iXlB-0_WDyb9v4-FiR1dgc74tWoj3KfZQ1s
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5 hours ago, cuthound said:
Like the ones used on the London Underground? 🤣😅
London Underground trains use on 4 rails!
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2 hours ago, Batavia said:
A little place for sale on the GU in Berkhamsted.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/137692502#/?channel=RES_BUY
Lindy Fosters House, once a Hire Boat Base, Bridgewater Boats.
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1 hour ago, Victor Vectis said:
Thanks for that but that's the one I've used so I'm guessing it is the entry form.
Where did you get the '50 other boats' figure from? Sounds like it could be a good do.
And as the rally is right outside the Mailbox, and under the nose of the BBC, it should make the news.
It might even get a mention on The Archers ! After all one of the characters (Can't remember if it is Rex or Toby) lives on a boat on the River Am.
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A picture by Kevin Maslin from the 2005 Save Our Waterways protest
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On 13/07/2023 at 12:16, Blaster said:
Hi all,
Trying to find a marina or boatyard that would offer a hard standing for a 60 footer narrowboat with sandblasting and allow me to do some welding by myself. Called the Hemel, Uxbridge and High Line but all of them offer sandblasting with no DIY welding, saying they have to do welding themselves.
Can anyone suggest me a place with reasonable price anywhere not too far away from London? Thanks in advance.
very few places near London do gritblasting, the only one in London that I am aware of is P and S at Watford.This is my list of yards in the London Area:
http://www.timslondonwaterwayphotos.uk/index.php/regent-s-canal-3/london-dry-docks-slipways
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Mathew Parris in todays Times:
Many years ago, at a party conference in Birmingham with its wonderful, well-tended network of canals, a volunteer talked me into signing up for a small, regular contribution to the charity on to which the government had offloaded its responsibilities for maintaining Britain’s incredible waterways. Ever since, I’ve followed the work of that brilliantly run charity, the Canal & River Trust. In government ownership our canals had been heading for ruin (see Treasury, above). Today, though, a huge amount is being done to repair, restore and maintain. Most of the cost comes from donors and fees from boat owners, but government contributes a quarter. Ministers have just announced a decision to cut this contribution by freezing it for a decade, as inflation eats into its value. The trust is in despair. Walk by a canal, as I so often do. Write to your MP.
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2 hours ago, Jon57 said:
How much revenue doe's Crt get from it's very large property portfolio under it's srewardship. Must be many hundreds of millions. Are they not allowed to spend the money on the actual maintenance of the canals. Or does it go elsewhere.
The £50m PA odd pounds raised from
their property portfolio goes into the general pot for the running of CRT
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9 minutes ago, Tonka said:
Surely the British Marine Federation should be protesting against the cuts as they have a lot of jobs to fight for
https://britishmarine.co.uk/News/2023/July/Invitation-to-join-Fund-Britains-Waterways
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£40m a year is considerably less than the current grant
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Energy bill support: More than 700,000 households miss out https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66124201
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Any helpful charities?
in General Boating
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Perhaps the Waterways Chaplains can help?
Waterways chaplains | Canal & River Trust (canalrivertrust.org.uk)