dor Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 Notice Alert Trent & Mersey CanalStarts At: Aqueduct, Bridge No 174 Croxton TankEnds At: Lock 75, Big LockUp Stream Winding Hole: Below Kings lock 71Down Stream Winding Hole: Croxton Flash, Trent & Mersey Canal. Monday 5 February 2018 07:00 until Thursday 15 February 2018 17:00 Type: Navigation Closure Reason: Repair Original message: During last year we started to experience excessive leakage through the cill at Big lock 75 in Middlewich on the Trent & Mersey Canal which, by the end of the year was leading to problems with maintaining water levels. We had been hoping to carry out repairs to this before Christmas but, unfortunately, this wasn’t possible. Our teams are now proposing to lower the canal level in this area on 5th February with the expectation that work will be completed and the canal back open by 15th February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 I couldn't believe how long that lock took to empty last August, I must have been there half an hour, made the mistake of closing the offside paddle when I thought it was almost empty, then watched the lock fill up again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoominPapa Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 (edited) 54 minutes ago, matty40s said: I couldn't believe how long that lock took to empty last August, I must have been there half an hour, made the mistake of closing the offside paddle when I thought it was almost empty, then watched the lock fill up again. Fortunately there's quite a lot of traffic between the T&M south and the Middlewich branch. Each boat doing that route dumps two locks full of water down the bywashes of the Middlewich flight, which are frequently running very hard. That's normally enough to keep the pound above Big Lock full. MP. Edited January 12, 2018 by MoominPapa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted January 12, 2018 Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 20 minutes ago, MoominPapa said: Fortunately there's quite a lot of traffic between the T&M south and the Middlewich branch. Each boat doing that route dumps two locks full of water down the bywashes of the Middlewich flight, which are frequently running very hard. That's normally enough to keep the pound above Big Lock full. MP. It was surprising how often the Middlewich flight was low in the week we spent in the drydock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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