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That sinking feeling!
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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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And now the latest from the Canal and River Trust
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That was the Chesterfield Canal just south of Worksop.
A similar thing happened on the Aire Navigation near Castleford in 1988. The open cast mine adjacent was flooded - which took four days - and for part of the time the River Aire flowed backwards.
It took ten years and £20m to fix it. The mine workings are now St Aidan's Nature Reserve and park.
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It’s not uncommon. The Kennet and Avon had a plug pulled and a section near Trowbridge drained. It was put down to vandalism.Plus there’s been incidences of lock sluices not being closed and draining a section.
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The authority's recon at least six months. But lifting the Boat/ barge ( sorry I don't know the correct definition) will take some time and a lot of money, hopefully insurance will pay.
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I took three years to repair a road slip at Lyneham Banks as extensive geological surveys were required in order to decide how best to stabilise the area of ground. Then once stabilised time was left to ensure it was successful before the road was relaid and surfaced. The concern for the RCT must be how stable is the rest of that elevated section. Rail lines have suffered similarly this autumn due to very dry summer followed by intensive rain. It’s something that’s not going to go away.
Replacing the canal trough is straightforward - the difficult and time-consuming part will be surveying and stabilising the ground on which the embankment is to be rebuilt.
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82 was a similar sized hole. In the end they replaced much more than just the section that collapsed. Unfortunately it's made that bit a bit shallow so some boats bump along the bottom, much the same as a section on the K&A
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They could subcontract it out to the Indian Border Roads Organisation seen here improving a road in Bhutan to enable transporters to take MBT nearer to the border with Tibet. They live in self contained accommodation for six months contracts.
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According to CRT ( Canal &River Trust) the embankment concerned has remained intact for over 200 years. Why it collapsed is still under investigation?
Various repair methods are under consideration.
8 years ago the railway line between Cheltenham and Swindon was doubled. It is noteworthy that most of the higher level embankments were reinforced with SS earth anchors and heavy composite netting .
Various repair methods are under consideration.
8 years ago the railway line between Cheltenham and Swindon was doubled. It is noteworthy that most of the higher level embankments were reinforced with SS earth anchors and heavy composite netting .
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Back in my railway days (late 70's), an embankment slip occurred at Christian Malford (near Chippenham and just past where the lines split for South Wales and Bath). It wasn't a very high embankment and the landslip spread an unbelievable distance. Brunel's construction method was to pile the embankment and join the piles with chains. The root cause was that the chains between the piles were breaking, having lasted for about 130 years... Some of these old structures construction techniques were imaginative
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Why can't they leave the boats where they are and repair the wall, flood the canal again and boats are ready to move off again? Being flat bottom boats steel boats should not cause concerns. Lot cheaper than trying to get a crane in there to lift them. That is if a crane can get to the location.
once the boats have moved on, they could drain that section adnd concrete it if necessary.
once the boats have moved on, they could drain that section adnd concrete it if necessary.
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