RALPH'S University competition for new designs is an excellent idea and could well be extended to including cost-effective ways of constructing locks or other level-changing devices (Falkirk Wheel was an expensive one-off).
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IT IS expected that marina moorings are secure for narrowboats, but the new Greenfield Marina on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal has proven to be the exception.
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THE canal at Wolverhampton and the flight down to the Staffs & Worcs Canal are still closed after yesterday's (Wednesday) dramatic canalside fire.
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TESTING has been carried out on the Trent & Mersey Canal by British Waterways on a lighter version of stop planks made of aluminium.
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DAVENTRY District Council is calling for volunteers to help with a new canal project it has devised.
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A MASSIVE fire at a building supplies depot by the side of the canal at Wolverhampton today (Wednesday) has closed the waterway as well as stopping trains, closing the Ring Road and causing schools to be evacuated.
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AN OIL slick appeared on the Thames on Monday, with Environment Agency investigations being carried out.
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A STRANGE boat indeed, with 36ft Olympic rings now cruising the Thames to advertise the Olympic Games.
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REGULAR readers will be well aware of the long running controversy over speeding cyclists on the Regents Canal towpath and pedestrians, with British Waterways now coming up with its 'solution' that is considered flawed and misguided.
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BOATERS would be wise to give many parts of the Grand Union Canal a miss this year, with British Waterways admitting there will be drastic restrictions, including stoppages, owing to lack of water.
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