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Today 2018 on what turned out to be our last cruise before the barge was sold . Nivernais canal summit sunset over Baye reservoir and a very overgrown summit pound which is one way. From the Loire to the summit the Region looks after the canal, from the summit to the Yonne its the vnf. Think the summits itself is no mans land

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15 hours ago, Tacet said:

Wikipedia is very detailed.  But it doesn't say why the first link between Limehouse Cut and Regent's Canal Dock was filled-in, when the river lock serving the Cut was reinstated.  Surely it would have been useful to unload the coasters in the basin before taking timber up the Lee.

I seem to recall being told the the short link leaked - but is that correct?

I don't think I can help on this except to mention that timber ships, in my memory, went into Surrey Docks. 

 

But here, for old time's sake are some shots from the day a group cruise passed through Limehouse in 1964. This was a special concession, and the reason for the gathering, the Regent's Canal being  normally closed a weekends. As each lock had a paid keeper, BW were anxious to limit their hours, a ruling we wanted to change.

 

As can be seen, purpose-built narrow boats for leisure had yet to arrive. Those that did take part were retired working boats, including the Swan, which I was on.

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1 hour ago, Dav and Pen said:

Today 2018 on what turned out to be our last cruise before the barge was sold . Nivernais canal summit sunset over Baye reservoir and a very overgrown summit pound which is one way. From the Loire to the summit the Region looks after the canal, from the summit to the Yonne its the vnf. Think the summits itself is no mans land

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Everytime I see that greeny coloured roof it reminds me of cruising in a Swanline boat years ago

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1 hour ago, Dav and Pen said:

It’s a actually a light grey.

 

3 hours ago, buccaneer66 said:

Everytime I see that greeny coloured roof it reminds me of cruising in a Swanline boat years ago

 

4 hours ago, Dav and Pen said:

Today 2018 on what turned out to be our last cruise before the barge was sold . Nivernais canal summit sunset over Baye reservoir and a very overgrown summit pound which is one way. From the Loire to the summit the Region looks after the canal, from the summit to the Yonne its the vnf. Think the summits itself is no mans land

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The Departement of Nievre in fact supports the Nivernais not only through the summit level, but to the bottom of the 16 lock flight on the northern side.

 

That they took on the maintenance was braver than they knew, for it was then discovered that the reservoir walls were leaking and the tunnels near to collapse. A recession also arrived and the councillor who had promoted the idea had to keep a low profile for a while.

 

Because the locks there are shorter our barge Luciole can visit no longer, the hull having been lengthened a further 4 metres to meet the rules regarding crew accommodation.  A paradise we can no longer reach (even though we broke a propellor up there and knocked a substantial chunk out of another).

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Just now, John Liley said:

 

 

The Departement of Nievre in fact supports the Nivernais not only through the summit level, but to the bottom of the 16 lock flight on the northern side.

 

That they took on the maintenance was braver than they knew, for it was then discovered that the reservoir walls were leaking and the tunnels near to collapse. A recession also arrived and the councillor who had promoted the idea had to keep a low profile for a while.

 

Because the locks there are shorter our barge Luciole can visit no longer, the hull having been lengthened a further 4 metres to meet the rules regarding crew accommodation.  A paradise we can no longer reach (even though we broke a propellor up there and knocked a substantial chunk out of another).

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2 minutes ago, John Liley said:

 

Apologies for the repetition, but here's another picture of the Nivernais summit - the last time the Luciole went through.

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Today 2020

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Knostrop Flood Lock A+C Leeds

The rotating footbridge over the old flood lock, now no longer used as a floodlock because of the Leeds Flood Alleviation scheme which incorporated the canal section into a widened river. Compare #1328 (2016)

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