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Derek R.

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  1. A covered shed; lots of skilled and non-skilled volunteers required; and a huge amount of money. A good frame to stand on, and by the straight level of the 'mud line', it looks to be comparatively sound, but that could be deceptive.
  2. Some great images. HERON was a Station boat and formerly named CALEB IIRC. I was responsible (guilty?) of re-siding the cabin. It is shown in silver primer. The Motor covered in yellow tarp is LION, owned at the time by Alan Falkingham(?). The B & W shows the full length of the basin towards the road. Much of which was filled in to where the 'crane' was erected.
  3. It is just a painting at the end of the day. The knowledgable will know there 'should' be a line, but if painted in, it would have led out of the picture frame and from an artistic point of view, spoilt the image by leaving an unseen object just out of sight. In doing so, drawing the eye away from the main subject.
  4. Thank you David. Love the Evening Service too. I think not. The Harmers had CAPELLA in which Tony fitted a hydraulic drive. @Admiral might be able to confirm.
  5. A recent find in a charity shop. I find the image uncomfortable. It irradiates a feeling of cold, a sense of desolation. At least it evokes an aire, which some do not. This is an original by an unknown artist. The back just has a date in felt tip pen: 26/5/22 It's come out rather fuzzy despite the use of a tripod. Oil on board. My favourite. No signature (though it may be behind the masking). A GWR small pannier tank at a country branch line. It evokes an aire of what I would wish was 'normality'.
  6. The house under demolition, C1986.
  7. London in 1965, digitally remastered (several of these on YT). At 6m 58sec there is just such a Dutch coaster making good headway down the Thames.
  8. With regard to the 'under the foredeck' cabin, these were cabins built up above the foredeck. Any flue pipe would be through the roof of the forecabin and not in the position as shown on HOUND's foredeck. Moreover, the position of the hole as shown would be directly above any cross-bed such as might exist in a forecabin. A pump hole is the most likely reason for its existence.
  9. If that was ever thought of as being an 'offset towing mast' fitting, what happens when the towpath changes, or the boat needs to be turned for a return journey? BCN boats had a simple set up with a pole seat against a beam, easily fitted and switched from one side to the other from which a line could be fixed.
  10. I have not seen any restriction on the 'where I am' thread as to where any canal may be located. Few enough come from outside the UK that there need be another separate thread for them. They are all canals, of which we all have an interest in. They are all part of an engineering accomplishment that has enabled the transportation of materials and people via man made waterways and the canalisation of parts of natural watercourses for the betterment and interest of all.
  11. Very cleverly 'motorised' with a paint brush . . .
  12. Flood barriers are up in Ironbridge. More water coming down.
  13. Two books spring to mind; 'Three Men in a Boat', and 'A Caravan Afloat' by C. J. Aubertin. http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/2nd-september-1916/21/a-caravan-afloat-by-c-j-aubertin-sinapkin-marshall
  14. 'Shock' absorbers and dampers often get mixed up, though the type of shock telescopic absorber as show also incorporates a damper in the centre section which more often than not contains a reservoir of oil; calibrated holes through which a piston forces the oil through (creating a damping effect) and sometimes valves which may allow freer movement in one direction than the other. Some dampers can be friction pads in disc or linear format, tightly held by strong springs compressing the disc, some of which are adjustable, some set at the factory during construction. In such a type, oil is not their friend. A rubber pad is also a shock absorber, but of a more simple type. Item No.38 in the drawing would most likely be the position of any rubber pad. I've always liked the Ham Baker gear. The positioning of the paddles and their size, makes for fast emptying and filling. If you pull them 'right' when ascending, the boat will hug the side wall nicely. I've almost always 'dropped' them by knocking the jaws off the spindle whilst controlling the drop with a firm grip on the spindle. You will need tough hands for that though. A few won't drop, so wind 'em down.
  15. Regarding your last sentence - yes it would. But I'm looking at the relationship between the whole row of cottages and the bridge arch. Both images are very similar. Both images are taken at almost the same point of view. Yet there is so much more of the cottages in view that are NOT in view in the original. Plus - the lock tail is so much farther away from the bridge arch in the contemporary shot. Was the entire lock moved back up the canal 15-20 feet? Furthermore; look at the number of raised bricks for footholds on the right hand side of the slope. There are eight in the 'new' shot, but ten in the B & W. Also, note how that slope ends in a 'point', whereas the 'new' shot it ends squared off with the towpath beneath the bridge. The raised brick footholds beneath the bridge are also missing. I've searched the Macclesfield and the Peak Forest and there is no other lock site that matches. Which brings me to the conclusion that there must have been some substantial changes made there.
  16. I don't know the location, but what stands out like a sore thumb to me is the relationship of the bridge arch; the lock itself; and the row of buildings. There is a similarity in architecture, but either the bridge has moved; the lock has moved; and the row of houses have taken a walk.
  17. Re-used railway sleepers. Many a line-side coal yard had staithes made from railway sleepers, as were some small houses and sheds in the Highlands.
  18. They got the name Navvies for the very reason they helped dig and build the Navigations, the canals. When the railways came along, and later major trunk roads and Motorways, the name carried on. Navvies, workmen who helped build transport systems but the origins of the name reaches back to the Navigations.
  19. Your cockeyed.com website throws up a security risk warning.
  20. You won't find it online for free (though you may have done at one time). Clutter or not, it is available and worth it: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/381428418228?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=7101533165274578&mkcid=2&itemid=381428418228&targetid=4585169654799836&device=c&mktype=&googleloc=&poi=&campaignid=412354547&mkgroupid=1305120599331881&rlsatarget=pla-4585169654799836&abcId=9300541&merchantid=87779&msclkid=7939a287f9bd1c05d3bec7fc8191fa48
  21. I clamped a 3.5hp outboard onto a wooden canoe once. Had to sit on the port side with the outboard on the starboard to balance it out. It flew! Trouble was, the speed we were going at sent a wake of water from shaft of the advancing outboard upwards and into the canoe, so tickover only!
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