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PeterScott Veteran II

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On this day in 2013

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below:

Malthouse Stables Tipton

Old Main Line BCN

 

More fourths of November.

Try clicking on the three vertical dots (menu) and then selecting the slideshow option

 

And So To Bed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PeterScott Veteran II

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As we begin another month of lockdown in England ...

On 19/03/2020 at 05:53, DandV said:

... our boats, landscapes, boating activities and wildlife are still stunningly beautiful and give joy ... cheer me up, and I guess many others by posting photos, and videos of your  day by day boating ... We are not totally powerless to create pleasure without endangering ouselves or others. Please just post that lovely dawn photo today and more. Spring in Britain is beautifully photogenic, and as this goes on, so is summer, and then autumn, and winter. ... Don and Val

On this day in 1977 in Scotland

 

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spacer.pngMaryhill Locks

 

Erskine Bridge

 

Bascule Bridge

 

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Forward to summer 2005 and the canal is restored to navigation

 

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Mike Todd Veteran II

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1 hour ago, PeterScott said:

As we begin another month of lockdown in England ...

On this day in 1977 in Scotland

 

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Erskine Bridge

 

Bascule Bridge

 

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Forward to summer 2005 and the canal is restored to navigation

 

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And what is the single hander solution for that?!

PeterScott Veteran II

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On this day in 1995

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Lapworth GU/SouthernStratford

 

 

 

The link through the old lock chamber had recently been restored

 

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Iain_S Influencer

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5 hours ago, Mike Todd said:

And what is the single hander solution for that?!

At present, the remaining bascule bridges are operated by Scottish Canals or volunteers. They do require a windlass which is a lot bigger, both in head size and throw, than anything used for locks. 

 

The traditional "puffer" method was to swing the mate out on one side and the boy out on the other, using the boom.

ditchcrawler Veteran II

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On 03/11/2020 at 09:15, LadyG said:

I've seen a similar tidal barrier om the Dutch River, but not sure of their function?

There is one somewhere on the Thames I understand

Jonny P Veteran

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8 hours ago, Mike Todd said:

And what is the single hander solution for that?!

Same as a single leaf swing bridge but you have to do everything twice.

haggis Veteran

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13 hours ago, Captain Pegg said:

Same as a single leaf swing bridge but you have to do everything twice.

Ah, but when you have opened one side of a bascule bridge, how to you get to the bank on the other side to open that side of the bridge?

 

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Jonny P Veteran

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Just now, haggis said:

Ah, but when you have opened one side of a bascule bridge, how to you get to the bank on the other side to open that side of the bridge?

 

haggis

You get back on the boat and push it - or motor it - across to the other side.

haggis Veteran

haggis

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19 minutes ago, Captain Pegg said:

You get back on the boat and push it - or motor it - across to the other side.

That would work but would take a long time! I don't think there would have been many (any?) single handed boaters on the Forth and Clyde canal though and that is the only place I have seen a bascule bridge. 

 

haggis

Jonny P Veteran

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6 minutes ago, haggis said:

That would work but would take a long time! I don't think there would have been many (any?) single handed boaters on the Forth and Clyde canal though and that is the only place I have seen a bascule bridge. 

 

haggis

That’s kind of how you do a swing or lift bridge single handed although I’ve never encountered a double leaf one. Some things simply do take longer when single handed.

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Tacet Rising Star

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2 hours ago, haggis said:

That would work but would take a long time! I don't think there would have been many (any?) single handed boaters on the Forth and Clyde canal though and that is the only place I have seen a bascule bridge. 

 

haggis

There is another on the Thames

PeterScott Veteran II

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3 hours ago, haggis said:

... the Forth and Clyde canal ... that is the only place I have seen a bascule bridge.

3 hours ago, Captain Pegg said:

... I’ve never encountered a double leaf one.

1 hour ago, Tacet said:

There is another on the Thames

53 minutes ago, David Mack said:

You don't have to work it yourself, though.

36 minutes ago, Mike Todd said:

I doubt any canal [boat] requires it to operate anyway!

  Any excuse for a pic, then, from the Jubilee Pageant in 2012 they raised the bascules fully

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and sometime before that, a narrowboat booked a raise, and had a long boatpole vertically on the roof: the River Police were unamused and told them not to be so silly. Their engine then broke down and needed a tow back to Limehouse.

 

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Pluto Veteran

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Scott Street on the River Hull was also hydraulically operated, but was out of service by 1998, when I took this photo.

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