PeterScott Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 On this day in 2019 Regent's Canal Goodsway Bridge No 35 Compare #4324 (2015) #2230 (2017) - #2237 had the location correct, btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, PeterScott said: On this day in 2014 Marple Locks on a Canal&RiverTrust Open Day Ground paddle shutter Always interesting to see the hole the water comes through. One of the Napton Locks, open day November 2014. Plus Hatton February 2015. Edited November 30, 2020 by Ray T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 One from Farmer's Bridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pluto Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 4 hours ago, John Liley said: I seem to have travelled at times of decay. The collapsing factory was at Burnley, if I remember, the barge on the bank somewhere on the eastern side of the Leeds and Liverpool, the one heeling over at Wigan top, all in 1970 .To cheer things up a little the Richard is unloading newsprint at Leeds, a year or two earlier The first is James at Shipley. It could be Monk's James, which was built as Comet for Canal Transport in 1938, though Crooke and Thompson, one of the Blackburn coal merchants, also had a Janes, built at Riley Green in 1947. The photo was taken just after launch. I was told the second, at the top of Wigan, was Monk's Wilfred, built as Spica for Ben Walls in 1928. I believe it was bought and moored above the locks by the local angling club to be used as a club house 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 On this day in 2014 Marple Aqueduct rom below on a Canal&RiverTrust Open Day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 On this day in 2016 River Lock Leeds L&L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 On this day in 2019 O2 River Thames. And the Shard Compare #4200 (2012). More thirthieths of November. And So To Bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 On this day in 2009 Lymm Bridgewater Canal. Frost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 On this day in 2019 Circus Field basin Aylesbury Arm Compare #297 #649 (2015) #1938 (2016). Drydock trolley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dav and Pen Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 On Monday 1st 2014 most of the boat owners had gathered ready to move below the next lock whilst the pound (bief) was drained. I went with a local man to look at the situation only to find it was completely dry the canal having closed at the end of October. Madam Vallet the vnf director from Tonnerre turned up in her car to tell us that we must move and they had started running water. After she left the local foreman arrived and I asked if it was ok to let my boat rest on the bottom, no problem and he let slip that the reason they were draining was to get a big coping stone out and repair the wall being able to charge the lorry firm for the time. This coping was on the opposite side to the accident 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 58 minutes ago, PeterScott said: On this day in 2019 And since Fulbourne hasn't moved for a year, I guess a photo "on this day in 2020" would look little different! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatekrash Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 Not many canals down here in my part of the world, but we do have the Tavistock canal, built in the early 1800's to connect Tavistock to the River Tamar, to transport various metal bearing ore in both directions. Although it's not exactly the most impressive looking canal ever built (it's only 3 foot deep, generally), it is still in water, as it serves a hydro electric plant these days - it was intentionally built with a very slight "downhill run" - and it does have a 2500 yard tunnel (no access by foot unfortunately), an inclined plane and an aqueduct along the route. As it was a nice day today, we thought it was a good time for an end of lockdown walk. "Arty" type sign attached to bridge : Approaching Shillamill viaduct, the now disused double track main line which used to run from Plymouth to Tavistock and which crosses the canal. Lift bridge and sluice, which leads to someone's garden ! Culvert carrying the canal over farm track. Even in rural Devon, in the middle of nowhere we still have the obligatory "tagging" graffiti ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 (edited) On this day in 2009 Work Flat Bridgewater Canal. Compare #665 (2004) #1433 (2008) #3355 (2012) A few more firsts of December. Try the slideshow button Edited December 1, 2020 by PeterScott compare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 On this day in 2001 Rochdale Canal ... ... which this underpass became Compare #2775 (also this day) and the now cut-off arm on the original line 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dav and Pen Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 On the 2nd When I got up the level was well down but not until midday did the barge settle on the bottom. Two of the other moorers had moved and were now stuck below the next lock down. As soon as the barge settled I set off for calais 5 hours away. The owners of the B and B would tie it back when the level returned. The vnf arrived with a digger to retrieve the coping and in their usual incompetent way it was so small it couldn’t reach the bottom. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyG Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 47 minutes ago, Dav and Pen said: On the 2nd When I got up the level was well down but not until midday did the barge settle on the bottom. Two of the other moorers had moved and were now stuck below the next lock down. As soon as the barge settled I set off for calais 5 hours away. The owners of the B and B would tie it back when the level returned. The vnf arrived with a digger to retrieve the coping and in their usual incompetent way it was so small it couldn’t reach the bottom. Quelle Surprise ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 On this day in 2010 Stone T&M 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 1 hour ago, PeterScott said: On this day in 2010 Stone T&M "Water like a Stone". How very cheery that one lit-up window looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 On this day in 2001 Rochdale Canal restoration. With half the canal width as an SSSI for " the internationally important plant species floating water-plantain [Luronium natans] " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 On this day in 2001 Durn Lock Rochdale Canal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 On this day in 2010 Stone T&M. A few more seconds of December. Try the Slideshow button. And So To Bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 On this day in 2010 Stone bottom lock T&M. More overnight coldness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 On this day in 2006 Boat painting at Etruria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 On this day in 2009 Bridgewater Canal. Small boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 On this day in 2010 Still snowy at Stone T&M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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