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[John Liley]

The inclined plane at Ronquieres in Belgium opened in 1968 when we, in Britain, were still facing canal closures. No further away from London as Liverpool, or Leeds, it remains strangely unknown on our island. Were it otherwise, and comparisons made with waterways on mainland Europe, such schemes as renewal of freight on the Aire & Calder would be taken a good deal more seriously - to the benefit of our network on the whole.

 

 

[Pluto]

2 hours ago, John Liley said:

The inclined plane at Ronquieres in Belgium opened in 1968 when we, in Britain, were still facing canal closures. No further away from London as Liverpool, or Leeds, it remains strangely unknown on our island. Were it otherwise, and comparisons made with waterways on mainland Europe, such schemes as renewal of freight on the Aire & Calder would be taken a good deal more seriously - to the benefit of our network on the whole.

 

 

The incline and large canal replaced a 300 ton standard canal, which had replaced the narrow - 9 feet wide lock - canal that had been built to connect the Belgian coalfield around Mons and Charleroi with Brussels in the early 19th century. Unlike the UK, they had the space to enlarge their waterways, and sufficient water. A German canal engineer friend could not believe that the northern French canals were carrying 10 million tons annually because of the water needed for lockage. twenty years ago, another German contact, a professor of transport, was astounded when I told him the A&CN was carrying 4 million tons annually at that time. Many large canals in the Netherlands and around the Rhine only carry one million tons or so, and are considered an important part of the transport infrastructure. I always feel that the problem today for water transport in the UK is that the length of our suitable waterways are too short to cover the additional cost of loading and unloading from a boat.

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2018

 

Drayton Manor Footbridge B+F 

 

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[PeterScott]

On this day in 2018

 

Birmingham and Warwick Junction  Canal Bridge No 101 looking away from Bordesley Junction

 

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Braunston Locks

 

 

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[PeterScott]

On this day in 2006

 

Dual Carriagway Ahead. A350. K&A Semington

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2007

 

Granary Wharf Leeds L+L  Compare 1Jan1979 30Apr2004 10Nov2005 13Jan2006 28Jun2007 20Jan2015  27Jun2015  6Feb2020 29Jan2021

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2017

 

MSC Stanlow Oil Docks

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2017

 

MSC Mersey Gateway Bridge  Opened 14Oct2017. I think they had filled-in the gap by then.

 

 

MSC Old Quay Swing Bridge and Runcorn-Widnes Bridge

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[Rob-M]

Today on the Shroppie

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2017

MSC Barton Road Bridge and Swing Aqueduct

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[PeterScott]

On this day in 2017

 

 

MSC Knutsford Compare (a less rainy) 5Apr2021

 

 

MSC Barton Locks

 

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[PeterScott]

Yesterday in 2017

 

MSC Mode Wheel Locks and Salford Quays

[PeterScott]

Yesterday in 2013

 

 

 

Thwaite Mills A&C Leeds Waterfront Festival. Fusedale heading for a mooring Compare 26Jun2011

 

 

and AmyHowson Compare mast raised on 28Jun2013  also 17Jul2010 (#2)  24Apr2011 26Jun2011 (#2)  18Jan2012   12Jun2014  29Jun2014

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[Tam & Di]

22 hours ago, John Liley said:

The inclined plane at Ronquieres in Belgium opened in 1968

 

I don't know if it is still there, but there was an excellent museum of canal life in the observation tower at the top of the inclined plane the last time we went down through Ronquières.

 

Tam

[PeterScott]

On 28/06/2020 at 12:19, Richard T said:

 

On [28 June] 2019 - [Marston Junction] North Oxford canal

 

On 28/06/2020 at 12:32, Athy said:

I'm pleased someone finally cleaned that bridge up. It was called "Steve" for years.

On this day in 2003

 

Marston Junction  Ashby/North Oxford

[Dav and Pen]

15 hours ago, PeterScott said:

On this day in 2017

 

MSC Stanlow Oil Docks

I sailed from here on my first ship in Sept 1958. It was then owned by Shell

[PeterScott]

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Castle Mills Lock No 3 River Great Ouse

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Foxton

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GU Leicester Section  

 

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Hawkesbury Junction  CoventryC/OxfordC

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Avoncliffe Aqueduct K&A

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Somersetshire Coal Canal

and Brassknocker Basin

[Dav and Pen]

Today 2009 at Lagny sur Marne Handy mooring for visits to Paris as good local train service and our friends had just left to go home.

Later in the day I was accused by the Dutch cruisers of trashing the electrics and they all left but actually the town had had enough of them taking up the free mooring and switched it off!

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[David Mack]

Today, 2021.

The Callis moorings, above Lock 12, Rochdale Canal.

 

But maybe I should have posted this in the 'March of the Widebeams' thread.

[Athy]

The surroundings look delightful. Are they as far into the middle of nowhere as they look?