There could be a very easy answer to the issue of using unbalanced lock gates, writes Bill Ridgeway.
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My Good Lady was very impressed just how strong Thames lock keepers (male and female) were until we had to work ourselves through a ‘self service’ lock, writes Iain Jones.
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THE two boats that were used to ferry people to the Olympics have been converted into a floating restaurant and moored at Paddington Basin.
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It seems that broken lock gates are now coming thick and fast with the one at Derwent Mouth the latest to be uprooted from its foundations, writes Jim Cracken.
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LIKE, it would seem many other boaters, I don't see the point of the new licensing consultation [by Canal & River Trust] as it is, as another of your contributors told, pre-formatted and not open to suggestions, writes James Henry.
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THE North Walsham & Dilham Canal now has a mile of waterway open for navigation owing to the work of volunteers.
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AS SOME of you will have read, the repair of the brickwork and coping on Derwent Mouth Lock has turned into something much worse.
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I see the Inland Waterways Association is opposed to the widening of the towpath in Edgbaston Tunnel in Birmingham as it will restrict boats, writes T. Lang.
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Edgbaston Tunnel on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal is at present temporarily closed to carry out a survey for its narrowing.
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A MOTORIST refused to slow down whilst girls were crossing a narrow canal bridge, putting one in hospital.
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