RCR Rescue Narrowboat on the Trent

[ditchcrawler]

If only the side lock at Beeston was still in use, they could have just gone around the weir then!

Tom

Is that what the RCR chaps are sitting on?

[matty40s]

I have often wondered how far up you can go, been well past the Trent Bridge and up to Clifton Bridge this year before bottling it......also been not quite as far in a much bigger vessel as well (eh, Tim ).

I wonder if they were doing it to see if they could, rather than because they were lost.

[Guest]

Is that what the RCR chaps are sitting on?

 

Yes. Well sort of that is the near to the location of the entrance to the abandoned lock.

 

It connected the Trent to the Nottingham and Beeston Canal at the top of the existing lock. There is a spur off to the left just before you reach the lock.

 

ed - you can see it on this Google Earth screen grab.

 

The green boat at the top is turning into the former spur to the lock. It's used to wind now and I ISTR there is some boats moored in there. The RCR guys are on the large lump of concrete bottom right.

 

Edited November 8, 2016 by MJG

[ditchcrawler]

 

Yes. Well sort of that is the near to the location of the entrance to the abandoned lock.

 

It connected the Trent to the Nottingham and Beeston Canal at the top of the existing lock. There is a spur off to the left just before you reach the lock.

 

ed - you can see it on this Google Earth screen grab.

 

The green boat at the top is turning into the former spur to the lock. It's used to wind now and I ISTR there is some boats moored in there. The RCR guys are on the large lump of concrete bottom right.

 

Thanks, explains a lot

[mrsmelly]

I have often wondered how far up you can go, been well past the Trent Bridge and up to Clifton Bridge this year before bottling it......also been not quite as far in a much bigger vessel as well (eh, Tim ).

I wonder if they were doing it to see if they could, rather than because they were lost.

 

Hi Matty

 

Yes mate we took the Princess under Wilford toll bridge and past the church with ease but she is shallow draughted at about 3 feet six inches anyway although with a 16 foot airdraught as you will remember going under Trent bridge .

I have been much further on narrowboats nearly to the weir but would not recomend it to yer average canal using hobby boater, though there is nowt wrong with being a canal using hobby boater of course. We had a very good chart giving depths every few feet for most of it although rather dated.

Fab innitt.

 

Tim

[Guest]

Thanks, explains a lot

 

Found an old postcard pic. of the lock in question.

 

http://homepages.which.net/~shardlow.heritage/beestn.jpg

 

ed - and a bit more about it here.

 

http://canalplan.eu/cgi-bin/showstuff.cgi?mode=photo&id=rh1c_3

Edited November 8, 2016 by MJG

[ditchcrawler]

 

Found an old postcard pic. of the lock in question.

 

http://homepages.which.net/~shardlow.heritage/beestn.jpg

Maybe we should campaign for a restoration project.

[matty40s]

Maybe we should campaign for a restoration project.

already underway - the lock cottage and lock are currently being cleared and renovated.

 

HOWEVER, the lock will not be re-opened and no new channel dug.

[MissMax]

Bah men! They never ask for directions

[Mrs Trackman]

Anyone know when lock went out of use?

[Tim Lewis]

Anyone know when lock went out of use?

 

Picture of the lock from a couple of years ago:

 

 

Tim

Edited November 9, 2016 by Tim Lewis