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With "Blue" on loan for the first few weeks of the new year, and with the kind donation of ducting from Wavin Plastics, we were able to complete the laying of the ducting as afr as the slipway. At last we were able to fill in the trench!

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Also using "Blue", good progress was made excavating the mill race and creating a pond at the point where it terminates

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Work has progressed steadily on the headwall for the pumping station - more re-cycled bricks

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Behind the headwall, Wilf excavates the trench that leads to the pumpshaft

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The entrance to the new car park has been landscaped... and more (broken) bricks are re-cycled for the base of a parking bay

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Meanwhile, at Gloucester Ambulance HQ, volunteers receive First Aid training

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Meanwhile back at the site, work continued laying ducting and building manholes

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London WRG helped us build the brick channel linkingthe headwall with the silt trap

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Here you see concrete railway sleepers being lifted into place to form a bridge for the towpath to cross the water supply channel

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Work continued  with the planting of a couple of dozen mature trees in the car park and on the wharf side of the Basin

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In the early months of 2002 a start was made on building The Wharf House, our interpretation centre

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Progress by July 17th

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Meanwhile our Wednesday Crew have been dismantling some lock gates, donated by the Cotswold Canal, prior to shipping them to Over. Parts of these gates will be used when we rebuild Over lock.

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This silt trap forms part of the water supply channel.

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With the help of a pump lent by Sterling Fluid Systems, we were able to test the trap and the channel with impressive results.

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For Keith Kitson's pictures of late summer Open Days, click
Keith Kitson . com
Meanwhile, back at The Wharf House...

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Inside views of the Ground floor
September 18th

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October 23rd

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November 20th

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On 29th November, the shell of The Wharf House was officially handed over to the Trust.

The ribbon-cutting picture shows Dick Skeet, Trust Chairman; John Theakston, Swan Hill Group Chief Executive; Councillor Derek Davies and David Penny, Director of the Over Project.

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After a huge amount of work, the car park becomes an important feature of the site - although there is still more work to do.

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