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| The canal
crossed the Ell Brook on a stone-built aquaduct. Our problem was that the stonework had
become unsafe. Our solution was to erect a Bailey Bridge like the ones used by the
military for temporary river crossings. The bridge (technically, a 5-bay single-single) was erected in a week-end by Canal Trust volunteers with some advice from the Royal Engineers. We bought the £18,000 bridge for just 10% of its value and we even paid that in stage payments. We also own the 4-bay launch nose which means we could remove the bridge ourselves with only manual labour and use it elsewhere. |
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| The site of Bottom Lock |
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| Who
said a canal used to run through here? The path over the Ell Brook before work began |
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| This stone aqueduct carried the canal over the Ell Brook |
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| This clearly shows the poor state of repair |
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temporary solution was to erect a Bailey Bridge. The following pictures show how it was put into position |
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| A stone's throw from the Bailey Bridge is our storage compound at Horsefair Wharf |
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| Working on the aqueduct, Summer 2005 |
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