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[PeterScott]

On this day in 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nantwich Aqueduct

SU

 

Compare

2Jan2013 (posted this day 2020) 

6Nov2015

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2021

 

above Double Locks, Exeter Ship Canal  Compare 22Feb2009 29Jul2020  Photo David Smith  through Geograph

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2005

 

 

 

 

 

Banbury Br 164

Southern Oxford 

 

Compare 

5Mar2000 

10Feb2002 

2Jan2005  (#2) 

19Mar2006 

30Sep2006  

21Jun2018   

29Dec2021

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2005

 

Tooley's Boatyard Footbridge Banbury Southern Oxford Compare 2Jan2005 (previous evening) and in the dock:

 

 

 

TOOLEY'S BOATYARD

OXFORD CANAL, BANBURY, OXFORDSHIRE, UK

WHAT'S IN THE DOCK?

The 61ft narrow boat "Unspoilt by Progress 1"- together with its butty- "Unspoilt by Progress 2” was made famous by their adventurous record breaking owner Nick Sanders, who has cycled and motor biked around the world.

He took the pair of boats from the Black Country to River Thames to Calais, up the River Rhine and down the Danube to the Black Sea and back. He and the boats travelled over 8000 miles

“Unspoilt by Progress 1” is booked into Tooley's Boatyard to be totally refurbished. The works that are being carried out include:

• Extending the boat length by 8 ft

• Building a 28 ft cabin on top of the boat.

• Painting the cabin

• Fitting out the interior

On Monday 6th December the boat cut boat in half [sic]. The bow was then pulled away from the stern section. Then the two sections will be joined together by building an 8 ft section of hull out of flat mild steel sheets. If you look you can see this new section in the hull.

The cabin has now been extended by 28 ft

Tooley's Boatyard, Banbury Museum, Spiceball Park Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX16 2PQ

Telephone (01295) 272917

Repeat of 2021 posting - from where the pictures have unaccountably disappeared into the ether. Then we went on to mention that NickSanders' butty sank whilst at the Black Sea, and linked to NickSanders' canal video. 

 

More dock pictures ...

 

 

 

and UnspoiltByProgressI out of the water in 2015 (at Stretton Boatyard SU), ...

 

 

and UnspoiltByProgressII at Stoke in 2006

 

Edited January 3, 2022 by PeterScott
extra pics

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2000

 

same position seventeen months later

And again on this day in 2000, looking t'other way

 

 

 

same position seventeen months later

 

Slaithwaite HNC

The lock has been moved above the bridge to allow the road level here to be undisturbed by the restoration

Repeat of 2021 posting - from where the 2000 pictures have unaccountably disappeared into the ether

 

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

London Road Bridge

Bridgewater Canal

 

Compare

3Jan2021 (posted that day)

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bugsworth Basins

Peak Forest 

 

Compare 

17Apr1979 

28Apr1980

11Mar2000   

6Aug2006  (#2)  

15Apr2007

8Apr2008

15Oct2012 

23Aug2013  

6Dec2019  (#2)

29Dec2020

3Jan2021

 

Wheels on the wall of Navigation Inn

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and from a similar position seventeen months later, then from t'other direction

Slaithwaite HNC

[agg221]

This afternoon. A short trip into Market Drayton to check I had put everything back together properly on the engine.

 

Alec

 

 

 

 

Edited January 3, 2022 by agg221

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alrewas Weir  T&M  and the lock chained closed

Compare 8Jun1989   20Oct1995    4Jan2003  (posted this day 2021) 

7Aug2003  13Aug2003  14Sep2003 (#2) 13Jun2004  20Apr2010  17Jul2014  8May2015  12Jun2015  15Sep2018  12Oct2019  16Oct2021  

[Dav and Pen]

Bit cold in January 1982

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2013

 

 

 

 

Ranskill Court  Narrows S&SYN 

Compare 4Jan2013 (posted this day 2021)

 

and towards the top of Tinsley flight

and a pylon reflection

 

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2021

 

Water Lane Bridge Bridge 17e   Radcliffe, Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal, Picture David Dixon  through Geograph

Edited January 4, 2022 by PeterScott

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2005

 

 

 

 

 

Marsh Footbridge No 163 Banbury Southern Oxford

Grimsbury Wharf  Banbury Southern Oxford

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2016

 

Marple Aqueduct  and railway viaduct  beyond -   Peak Forest  Canal  Photo Colin Park   through Geograph

Compare 28Apr1980  29Sep2003  11May2007  11Aug2012  25Aug2013  12Jul2014  30Nov2014 (#2) 8Aug2015 1Oct2016 1Jun2019 

[PeterScott]

On this dasy in 2013

 

Tinsley S&SYN

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2005

 

IvorBatchelor on nbMountbatten heading for Braunston Turn from Napton direction Compare 5Jan2005 (posted this day 2021)

 

 

[Dorlan]

Another cold day in January 1982.

The outside temperature was -19C / -2F while inside the boat it was 80°F / 26°C.

The ice was 12" thick!

Edited January 5, 2022 by Dorlan

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2005

 

 

 

The Tunnel Southern Oxford Summit Compare 24May2015

Edited January 5, 2022 by PeterScott

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2016

 

 

 

 

 

Brighouse

C+H  

 

Compare 

28Jul2013 

29Mar2014  

30Aug2014 

18Apr2014  

25Dec2019/25Dec2020

Edited January 5, 2022 by PeterScott

[Jen-in-Wellies]

On 04/01/2022 at 17:50, PeterScott said:

On this day in 2013

 

Ranskill Court  Narrows S&SYN 

 

This used to be a lift bridge for a railway to a small arm of the canal with a loading dock. There used to be lots of collieries and brick works around here. All changed now, except for the canal.

NLS side by side below.

Jen

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2019

 

 

 

Mount Sion Bridge

Bridge 16

Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal

 

and

Mount Sion Steam Crane

Compare 22Jun2003

 

Partially restored steam crane is from around 1884 and was used to lift containers of coal from boats and lower them into the yard of the Mount Sion Works below. As one of the earliest surviving in-situ steam cranes in its original canalside location it is a Grade II listed building (Historic England  1242921). Unused for a number of years it is now in a poor condition, with its components still showing how the crane operated,

 

Pictures David Dixon

through Geograph (#2)

Edited January 5, 2022 by PeterScott
link

[PeterScott]

On this day in 2005

 

Southern Oxford summit

[Naughty Cal]

On this day 2011

Still iced in.

 

 

 

[Momac]

36 minutes ago, Naughty Cal said:

On this day 2011

Still iced in.

 

 

 

 

 

There is a good frost this morning but nothing approaching  that . I think that was the time we had 4 inches of ice on the marina.