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Post by kris on Oct 7, 2020 13:04:30 GMT
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Post by Jim on Oct 7, 2020 13:54:56 GMT
What a waste of time and money the dredging at Barton island was. I wonder where all those dredgings are going to end up when the river really floods again this winter? You'll have to take your boat down there and ground it. Tony will be so happy, he'll pull you off. Wouldn't you like to make an old man happy?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2020 14:06:11 GMT
Maybe if you take the engine out and leave it on the island for 3 weeks it might help.
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Post by kris on Oct 7, 2020 14:15:03 GMT
I really donβt want Tony to pull me off, thanks
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Post by TonyDunkley on Oct 7, 2020 21:39:05 GMT
What a waste of time and money the dredging at Barton island was. I wonder where all those dredgings are going to end up when the river really floods again this winter? Not a waste of time and money at all, . . and no-one with even the vaguest understanding of how river navigations were maintained and dredged before being reduced to little more than playgrounds for the likes of you would think or say otherwise ! The beneficial effect on water levels and run-off rate in the Trent above Barton Island was immediately apparent following the recent rainfall. The question that needs asking is was the river X-section from the top end of the training wall to the low end of the island dredged to the correct profile. Apart from that one slight reservation, which has a bearing on how long it will be before that spot needs attention again, the job appears to me to have been done in a perfectly satisfactory manner. Over the next few times the river rises high enough, most of the dredgings will gradually be carried down to and over Beeston Weir, . . which will be a longer and slower process than it used to be when the (Trent) dredgers worked in company with a minimum of one tug and two drop-hoppers, but the end result will be same, . . and it's the right one. Dredgings from the only three spots in the 5-mile (lowside of Thrumpton Weir, Thrumpton Shoal and Barton Island) that ever needed dredging used to be dumped just topside of Beeston Weir from drop-hoppers, . . which was the first stage of a downriver journey to the nearest dredgings tip - Gunthorpe in this case - with floodwater and the river itself transporting the dredgings in suspension to the next shoaling point, where the process was repeated immediately after the next few significant floods until reaching the shoaling point nearest to the tip. Without any of the correct equipment available for the job, . . and someone who knows how it should be used, . . what alternative was there to what's been done at Barton Island ?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2020 21:46:32 GMT
That's rather shocking.
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Post by Jim on Oct 8, 2020 6:57:58 GMT
So who has deleted themselves? What have I missed?
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Post by kris on Oct 8, 2020 7:40:43 GMT
So who has deleted themselves? What have I missed? Its Andrew who has deleted his self, someone tell Tony Iβve put him on ignore the same as naughty fox
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Post by Jim on Oct 8, 2020 7:46:35 GMT
So who has deleted themselves? What have I missed? Its Andrew who has deleted his self, someone tell Tony Iβve put him on ignore the same as naughty fox TonyDunkley. There you go kris. Any particular reason for the flounce? Or just another Sinatra impersonation?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2020 7:54:06 GMT
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Post by kris on Oct 8, 2020 7:55:43 GMT
Its Andrew who has deleted his self, someone tell Tony Iβve put him on ignore the same as naughty fox TonyDunkley. There you go kris. Any particular reason for the flounce? Or just another Sinatra impersonation? He probably thought his post count was getting high again.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2020 8:24:00 GMT
Yes exactly
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Post by kris on Oct 8, 2020 8:31:00 GMT
Thought so. You could have just taken your engine out and left it on your back deck for three weeks, that would sort it out.
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Post by TonyDunkley on Oct 8, 2020 9:11:15 GMT
What a waste of time and money the dredging at Barton island was. I wonder where all those dredgings are going to end up when the river really floods again this winter? Not a waste of time and money at all, . . and no-one with even the vaguest understanding of how river navigations were maintained and dredged before being reduced to little more than playgrounds for the likes of Windbag the Sailor would think or say otherwise ! The beneficial effect on water levels and run-off rate in the Trent above Barton Island was immediately apparent following the recent rainfall. The question that needs asking is was the river X-section from the top end of the training wall to the low end of the island dredged to the correct profile. Apart from that one slight reservation, which has a bearing on how long it will be before that spot needs attention again, the job appears to me to have been done in a perfectly satisfactory manner. Over the next few times the river rises high enough, most of the dredgings will gradually be carried down to and over Beeston Weir, . . which will be a longer and slower process than it used to be when the (Trent) dredgers worked in company with a minimum of one tug and two drop-hoppers, but the end result will be same, . . and it's the right one. Dredgings from the only three spots in the 5-mile (lowside of Thrumpton Weir, Thrumpton Shoal and Barton Island) that ever needed dredging used to be dumped just topside of Beeston Weir from drop-hoppers, . . which was the first stage of a downriver journey to the nearest dredgings tip - Gunthorpe in this case - with floodwater and the river itself transporting the dredgings in suspension to the next shoaling point, where the process was repeated immediately after the next few significant floods until reaching the shoaling point nearest to the tip. Without any of the correct equipment available for the job, . . and someone who knows how it should be used, . . what alternative was there to what's been done at Barton Island ? Just bumping this up ahead of the toddler's section to make it easier to find for anyone optimistic enough to log on to TB in the expectation of finding something worth contributing to and following !
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Post by kris on Oct 8, 2020 9:28:38 GMT
Start your own thread troll.
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