Buckby Flight - Bottom Lock (Lock 13)

[GRLMK38]

The ground paddle on the upper gate (towpath side) failed today.  It has been reported to CRT and the paddle gear has been placed by the sign on the Whilton Marina side.  Passage is still possible, it's just slower to fill.  I was there when it happened and can confirm that it wasn't dropped.

[matty40s]

It's been slipping the cogs for quite a while now, the bottom ground paddle is also a bugger, hardly able to move in its channel.

[Tuscan]

I find it amazing that long term faults, weak beams or slipping cogs are not identified and reported by the increasing number of volunteer lock keepers and patrol officers who visit locks around the site constantly. Preventative maintenance is surely better than waiting for things to break.

[BEngo]

They do get seen and reported. CaRT just don't do anything about them until they have been through a long winded and inefficient process to get Kier authorised to mend them. The result of centralising engineering and a desire to avoid spending money except on cycling and running tracks.

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[GRLMK38]

Does anybody know if this has been fixed?

[CV32]

It was still broken and taped up on Saturday 29th ....

[Tuscan]

Just came down Buckby , with a 30 minute delay while they drained the bottom small pound and checked the paddle. Thanks to the CRT guy who was very efficient in keeping us all informed. Then met another CRT guy travelling down from Buckby checked nag all the locks and weirs etc.