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That sinking feeling!
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- Nov 11, 2009
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I saw a similar incident many years ago , however that was man-made, a maintenance 'barge' was dredging a canal and accidently 'pulled the plug' , emptying the canal and filling the adjacent field with water.
For this Shropshire incident, the big issue isn't the lack of water but the collapse of the embankment - it doesn't look an easy place to get heavy equipment in to do the repair.
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On a length of the Kennet and Avon canal from Bradford on Avon towards Bath the canal sat above the fields on one side, and was below a steep hill on the other side. It was regularly springing leaks and emptying. Eventually the whole section was concrete lined to solve the problem.
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Much of the Llangollen is concrete trough for this very reason. Seems like it might have been another drainage culvert collapse but investigation will tell.
Sefton one of the boats involved belongs to a member of our boat club, its Bobs home and could be a total loss😮💨
Sefton one of the boats involved belongs to a member of our boat club, its Bobs home and could be a total loss😮💨
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Looking at the pictures, I think the embankment collapsed when the sinkhole occurred and it was not the actual cause of the incident?
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This is the latest
Engineers from the Canal and River Trust said it appeared an embankment had failed, causing water to rush into a nearby field - and the canal bottom to fall away, leaving a trench.
The reference to a “sinkhole” now seems to be the hole that was caused at the side as the embankment failed and the water washed everything out.
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