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On this daay in 2019

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Ashby Canal. Unauthorised renumbering of the Canal Association sign to show mileage to the crrent end of navigation rather then the whole canal. And a sign in the next restoration project

 

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Shugboorough Hall and T&M south of Great Haywood and br 72a

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This day 2007 at Verdun Sur Doubs where the Doubs meets the Saone. This coaster has just loaded at the grain silos just up stream and is on its way to the med. there are 2 of these that we saw regularly on the Saone. The other one is loading at St Jean de Losne the upper limit of the deep channel

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On this day in 2019

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Atherstone top lock Coventry Canal, and a volunteer directing proceedings

 

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On this day in 2018

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Crown Point weir Leeds A+C. The rebuilt weir as part of the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme. And the view to the left of that image to Leeds Lock and the Armouries

 

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On this day in 2009

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Barlaston T&M

 

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And the same place last Wednesday. Strange colouring. A reminder that cameras do odd things if the wrong buttons are pressed. Hmmm.

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In 2006 we were on our way back to our winter mooring near Antwerp . In the French Ardennes. To work the locks you have a little zapper which you Pont at a box about 200m from the lock. In the lock you push the blue rod to work it and the red rod if something goes wrong.

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On 11/09/2020 at 12:10, Dav and Pen said:

This is the sunken barge in post#3328. Now ashore at Beez near Namur. It’s just possible to see where it buckled.

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An intriguing situation this. Did the accident occur because of the condition of the barge? Or was she being loaded incorrectly? Tipping stone into such a lengthy vessel, too much of it at one particular point, could be asking for trouble. A case, maybe, for using shorter vessels.

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43 minutes ago, John Liley said:

An intriguing situation this. Did the accident occur because of the condition of the barge? Or was she being loaded incorrectly? Tipping stone into such a lengthy vessel, too much of it at one particular point, could be asking for trouble. A case, maybe, for using shorter vessels.

The way they load is as shown in my photo below. There needs to be good coordination between the barge and the trucks maybe the last 25 tonnes falling into this part of the barge was to much as it appeared to be already well loaded. I doubt we will ever know.

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This evening in 2007 we stopped in this old lock at Gigny near Tournus on the Saone the old lock house is a restaurant. The lock was bypassed when the river was re modeled for the big barges and just downstream is the new Ormes lock. Normally there is a small difference in level and in times of high level it is normal for barges to pass over the weir.

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On this day in 2009

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Harecastle Tunnel T&M and the canal is acquiring some extra water just south of the portal

 

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17 hours ago, John Liley said:

An intriguing situation this. Did the accident occur because of the condition of the barge? Or was she being loaded incorrectly? Tipping stone into such a lengthy vessel, too much of it at one particular point, could be asking for trouble. A case, maybe, for using shorter vessels.

I think its the one particular point that could be the problem, I have seen a photo somewhere of a commercial with the bow and the stern pretty much pointing skywards and the middle with I think, a coil of steel sat on the bottom, wish I could find it.

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