L&L swing bridges still failing

Published: Wednesday, 20 March 2019

THE boaters on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal were hoping that its swing bridges would not be suffering their normal failures after the winter maintenance.

BrewerySwingBridge400But they have seen little attention with the 'wait until it breaks' policy still active, with another one failing, Keith Gudgin tells us.

No maintenance

This is Brewery Swing Bridge (177) at Skipton that is out of action, and, as a hydraulic fault, clearly shows it has received no maintenance

.Last year there were innumerable swing bridge, failures some being famed for regularly failing to work.

UPDATE:

The swing bridge has been repaired and is now useable again.