I passed through Henhurst Lock last week, and with the bottom gates of the lock opened and closed by a windlass operated gear and quadrant, leaves plenty of room between the gates and the road bridge for a plank bridge.
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THE early days of canals will be celebrated at the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port with the Horses At Work.
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DURING last year the then British Waterways took it upon itself to ban swimming from Sparth Reservoir near Marsden on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal.
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BUSINESS boaters have taken advantage of CART's offer of moorings on the Regents Canal, and will be offering their wares at Mile End.
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STILL another boater had to be rescued from the Avon when his boat was caught on the flooded river.
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THOUGH the Thames is not being used for any Olympic sport, the Environment Agency is closing part of it to safeguard a nearby lake where activities are taking place.
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THE sanitary station at the junction with Nottingham Canal and the Trent is now closed.
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A REVIEW, commissioned by the Government, will recommend major changes to the way charities are run, and call for more powers to control face-to-face fund-raisers, known as chuggers.
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VIEWERS will not be seeing the scene where a body is being pulled out of the Rochdale Nine, as it has been cut.
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