THE PADDLE ON LOCK 44 on the Rochdale Canal could not be repaired straight away.
As the team was wanted elsewhere, Keith Gudgin reports.
It was on the 20th October when the the head gate paddle on the towpath side became stuck within the lock chamber, it closing the navigation.
Urgent repair elsewhere
Though this was then inspected, the team was required on an urgent repair elsewhere, so it could not be repaired, though a method or repair was planned.
The team have now made a successful repair to the head gate paddle.
And the navigation is now reopened, with the paddle working. Image by Pennine Waterways.