Oxford Canal Lock 15 Marston Doles Bottom Lock Closed UFN, Paddle broken

[nbfiresprite]

[Mike Adams]

One of the top paddles has come out, what seems to be a simple job is taking rather a long time but hardly a stuctural failure, 

[Tracy D'arth]

Would it be logical that the other paddle was already broken hence the canal is closed?

[frangar]

16 minutes ago, Tracy D'arth said:

Would it be logical that the other paddle was already broken hence the canal is closed?

I did wonder that but a pic on fb shows a drained pound so Im not quite sure what's gone on!

 

edited to add pics....I think CRT might have drained it to try and sort problem...but as you say wonder if it was running on one paddle

 

Edited April 20, 2021 by frangar
Add pics

[Hudds Lad]

well that’s made this redundant

 

Edited April 20, 2021 by Hudds Lad
recent edit above made mine a duplicate

[Tracy D'arth]

Ah, that looks like the actual blade of the paddle is out of bed. So there would be no way to empty the lock. It Is a structural failure.  How can you put the blame onto vandals or the weather though?

 

If I am correct, that is the lock next to the outfall of the backpump too. Or is that the top Doles ,lock?

 

 

Heck of a long difficult reverse to wind at Fenny Compton!

 

 

 

Edited April 20, 2021 by Tracy D'arth

[ditchcrawler]

How about if the paddle is broken in the open position and someone has spent an hour trying turn the lock with the water running straight through

[Tracy D'arth]

Now fixed, Hurrah!

[ditchcrawler]

4 minutes ago, Tracy D'arth said:

Now fixed, Hurrah!

Steve obviously had the boys on it.

[Scholar Gypsy]

That was a quick repair!

 

[matty40s]

2 hours ago, frangar said:

I did wonder that but a pic on fb shows a drained pound so Im not quite sure what's gone on!

 

 

I thought that was normal level on the South Oxford.

[frangar]

5 minutes ago, matty40s said:

I thought that was normal level on the South Oxford.

It’s in preparation for CRT making it into a cycle path & jogging track.....any boats affected will be made into “features” and filled with wild flowers 

[Maffi]

7 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:

Steve obviously had the boys on it.

SP isn't on the Oxford anymore!

[magpie patrick]

17 hours ago, Scholar Gypsy said:

That was a quick repair!

 

 UFN used to mean "we really don't know as it's expensive and we can't even think about starting"** and was reserved for things like collapsed tunnels - it now means "we've only just heard about it - watch this space"

 

** Frank Price said of Blisworth "we haven't the money to repair it and we're not going to try..." or words to that effect