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Pumps need replacing

THOUGH not of course aware of the condition of the pumps supplying the pound at Bradford-on-Avon on the Kennet & Avon Canal, the many failures surely point to them needing replacing.

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Published: 26 August 2016

Thames Water removes water tap

THE water point at Tyle Mill on the Kennet & Avon Canal is our of action as the tap is missing, and was first thought to have been stolen.

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Published: 25 August 2016

No parts yet for Plank Lane

THE engineers working to repair Plank Lane Lift Bridge on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal are still awaiting parts.

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Published: 25 August 2016

New hope for Chesterfield completion

THE biggest restriction to the completion of the restoration of the Chesterfield Canal is Norwood Tunnel, that collapsed due to mining subsidence in 1907, ending passage from the Trent to Chesterfield.

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Published: 25 August 2016

Closure six for three weeks

THOUGH this week's closure number five at Selby where a swing bridge over the Ouse failed, was attended to very quickly, however closure number six will take much longer.

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Published: 25 August 2016

Woman in wheelchair fell in canal

A MAN let go of the wheelchair in which his wife was sitting, and not having been first braked, it rolled and landed in the Llangollen Canal near the town.

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Published: 24 August 2016

Closure five quickly attended to

WATERWAY closure number five this week that was on the Ouse at Selby, was very quickly attended to.

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Published: 24 August 2016

WRG looking for work

THE Waterways Recovery Group (WRG) is short of work and is now looking for waterway restoration projects that would benefit from a Canal Camp next year.

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Published: 24 August 2016

Now its cars on towpath

The word 'towpath' took on a very different meaning recently when a car stranded on the Mon & Brec towpath had to be towed-off.

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Published: 24 August 2016

Avon claims another victim

THE Avon at Bath has claimed another victim—Michael David Barnes, that an inquest revealed drowned in the river during June.

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Published: 22 August 2016

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