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Left over from some other job or project it would have been cheaper to plonk it somewhere totally inappropriate like Bishop Street than keep it in storage until required.

Just be grateful they didn't have a spare Boat Lift or Aqueduct lying about doing nothing.

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15 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

I have seen it both open and closed including boater operated. I think it's been locked open since the hire base used the other arm

Valley Cruisers went bankrupt and left the basin at least 2 years ago, maybe more.

It wasn't in situ in 1984 either.

Photo from Coventry's Waterways.

Coventry Basin 1983.jpg

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... and one from 1989

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and another from 23Sep1995

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so it looks as if it arrived with those early-1990s buildings on left of that photo.

 

 

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From 14Sep1994, the distinctive CoventryCS milepost has buildingsite fencing, and our boatlog refers to "the building site that passes for Coventry Basin".

 

So that's my bid then: autumn 1994

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1 hour ago, Ray T said:

Valley Cruisers went bankrupt and left the basin at least 2 years ago, maybe more.

 

More I would say.

 

2019, I thought it was longer ago than that Workers say they haven't been paid for months as canal cruise company goes into liquidation - CoventryLive (coventrytelegraph.net)

 

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