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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2018 11:01:47 GMT
Wide beams on the Ashby ? I thought there was a narrow entrance where there used to be a stop lock? Haven't been up there since the late nineties so my memory might be wrong. And aren't the bridges narrow as well ? Yup - about as narrow as it can get - the entrance to the Ashby was a stop lock, the remains can be seen today.. the OH gets a pint if he can bring our boat through without toutching the sides! Passed you Sunday, no sign of life though...
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Post by TonyDunkley on Jan 16, 2018 11:04:44 GMT
Wide beams on the Ashby ? I thought there was a narrow entrance where there used to be a stop lock? Haven't been up there since the late nineties so my memory might be wrong. And aren't the bridges narrow as well ? Yup - about as narrow as it can get - the entrance to the Ashby was a stop lock, the remains can be seen today.. the OH gets a pint if he can bring our boat through without toutching the sides! It isn't, . . stoplocks, although all differing slightly from each other, were usually on the generous side for width to make using gauging rods easier.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2018 11:05:23 GMT
Wide beams on the Ashby ? I thought there was a narrow entrance where there used to be a stop lock? Haven't been up there since the late nineties so my memory might be wrong. And aren't the bridges narrow as well ? until it was invaded by holidaymakers ! Have a like for this!
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jan 16, 2018 11:06:07 GMT
A decent summer will reduce the ashby by 6 inch these days, or has done the last couple of years. Meeting a widebeam would be interesting on some parts, its bad enough meeting a narrowboat on a couple of stretches! Wide beams on the Ashby ? I thought there was a narrow entrance where there used to be a stop lock? Haven't been up there since the late nineties so my memory might be wrong. And aren't the bridges narrow as well ? Entrance is indeed narrow though you couldn't get a widebeam even to the entrance unless it was craned in somewhere.
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Post by TonyDunkley on Jan 16, 2018 11:22:40 GMT
A decent summer will reduce the ashby by 6 inch these days, or has done the last couple of years. That's an awful lot of water running away somewhere. It's probably down to the cumulative effect of a lot of small leaks through culverts, embankments and the like, plus more water than should be being run down Atherstone because of the state they're in. Back in the days when the Moira was still carrying coal traffic for the (paper) mills, the length foreman, Bill Kirk, used to walk the whole length once a week checking for leaks from culverts and embankments along both the inside and outside banks.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2018 11:49:16 GMT
Wide beams on the Ashby ? I thought there was a narrow entrance where there used to be a stop lock? Haven't been up there since the late nineties so my memory might be wrong. And aren't the bridges narrow as well ? Yes, . . . and you're right about the disused stoplock at cut-end, Bedworth. From memory, it's about 8 and a bit feet wide (stoplocks that were used for gauging generally were noticeably wider than standard single locks) . . . but, because they never went anywhere near it after it was narrowed off, it was no obstacle to wideboats running between Hinckley and the pits around Donisthorpe and Moira, which is where the canal originally went to when built, and why it was always known to the boatpeople who earned their livings on it as the 'Moira Cut'. It never went to Ashby(de la Zouch), so nobody called it by that name, . . until it was invaded by holidaymakers ! All the bridgeholes on the Moira are around two boats width. Thanks for that Tony. Its been a long time since I had my first holiday on the Ashby canal. It was a long holiday in 1994/1995 which took up half the winter - the other half being spent around Braunston and Rugby. That was in fact the start of a 23 year long continuous canal boat holiday which is still in progress I had forgotten that the bridges were wide.
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Post by TonyDunkley on Jan 16, 2018 11:51:09 GMT
Wide beams on the Ashby ? I thought there was a narrow entrance where there used to be a stop lock? Haven't been up there since the late nineties so my memory might be wrong. And aren't the bridges narrow as well ? Entrance is indeed narrow though you couldn't get a widebeam even to the entrance unless it was craned in somewhere. So, what would the problem be ? There were plenty of heavy-lift mobile cranes and transport companies specializing in AIL's available in the early 1800's - you fucking idiot !
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2018 12:18:25 GMT
A decent summer will reduce the ashby by 6 inch these days, or has done the last couple of years. That's an awful lot of water running away somewhere. It's probably down to the cumulative effect of a lot of small leaks through culverts, embankments and the like, plus more water than should be being run down Atherstone because of the state they're in. Back in the days when the Moira was still carrying coal traffic for the (paper) mills, the length foreman, Bill Kirk, used to walk the whole length once a week checking for leaks from culverts and embankments along both the inside and outside banks. More than likely the flight at Atherstone, locks 2 and 3 from memory are/were leaky, not been down the flight for a while and i know they closed them last winter to do work. Now i think more about it, summer just gone the levels were not as bad as the two before, maybe the winter works at Atherstone did actually do something...
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