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Post by JohnV on Aug 23, 2020 6:34:59 GMT
Notice Alert Upper TrentLocation: Barton Island - Upper TrentThursday 3 September 2020 until Wednesday 9 September 2020 23:59Type: Advice Reason: Maintenance Original message: A sand bar is reducing the width of the navigation channel upstream of Barton Island. Dredging is proposed to be carried out to remove this between 3rd and 9thSeptember. The dates may vary, though the navigation will remain fully open.Boaters are requested to pass the working area with due care and follow any instructions from the dredging crew. If C&RT have instructed the contractors merely to widen the navigation channel at Barton Island, . . then their aspirations to reduce the navigable depth of the Trent by default, and with the collusion of the more co-operative of their 'customers', will remain very much within their grasp. do you know who the contractor is Tony ? ..... I know it's Acasters on at least part of the A&C but I haven't heard anything about the Trent and if they are dredging and tipping or just ploughing
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Post by naughtyfox on Aug 23, 2020 6:43:46 GMT
Looks interesting? "1951 In the government classification of all inland waterways, the River Trent was classified in group 1, “having scope for commercial development”. 1952 At a time when most canals were being closed, the River Trent was flourishing. To cope with its success the government built a new Newark Town Lock and eliminated a lock at Holme where a flood prevention scheme was created. This meant larger vessels could travel from Hull docks to Nottingham. 1953 The government built two self-propelled motorised barges for use on the river. 1957 Work began on renewing Cromwell Lock in order to allow it to take 8 barges at a time. The work took 3 years. At the same time all locks were converted, making them fully mechanised. The river was dredged and work on protecting the river banks was increased." skippy.org.uk/canals-and-waterways/index/river-trent-and-trent-navigation/
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Post by TonyDunkley on Aug 23, 2020 10:53:26 GMT
If C&RT have instructed the contractors merely to widen the navigation channel at Barton Island, . . then their aspirations to reduce the navigable depth of the Trent by default, and with the collusion of the more co-operative of their 'customers', will remain very much within their grasp. do you know who the contractor is Tony ? ..... I know it's Acasters on at least part of the A&C but I haven't heard anything about the Trent and if they are dredging and tipping or just ploughing I don't know for sure, John, but I suspect it'll be Land & Water Piss & Wind again. They were the contractors the last time any serious dredging was done anywhere on the Trent between Gainsborough and Cromwell in 2013, just before the Besthorpe - Whitwood sand and gravel traffic ended. As far as I remember small amounts went into Cromwell and Hazleford Tips, but most of it went into Marton. The dredging operation from Cromwell down was in itself largely a pointless shambles. They worked in stretches of river known to have kept themselves scoured out to an adequate depth ever since God was in short trousers, whilst simultaneously dredging only to minimum specified navigation channel depth at places known to 'make-up' rapidly, such as Winthorpe Rack, Carlton Wharf, Spring Head, Pinfold, Limekilns, Castle, and Cheese House, where it used to be standard practice to dredge wider and deeper than normal to act, in effect, as reservoirs for suspended material being constantly carried downriver by flood currents or tides. God only knows what the plans are for the lock-tails from Cromwell up to Holme, or for the shoaling at Barton Island, but I reckon it's a pretty safe bet that, rather than dredging any material out and disposing of it elsewhere, they'll mostly just be rearranging all the sand and silt on the river bed within a few yards of where last Winter's floods left it.
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Post by TonyDunkley on Aug 23, 2020 20:10:50 GMT
Sometimes I wonder if you are a clairvoyant or something crazy like that. No, . . clairvoyance doesn't come into it. But I have spent long enough earning a living on and from the inland waterways, in spite of the best efforts of the likes of BWB and C&RT, to stay at least one step ahead of them, . . . for most of the time !
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