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Aqueducks
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 12 มิ.ย. 2011
Welcome to the official 'Aqueducks' TH-cam Channel, the on-line video home to the Friends of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal World Heritage Site. The Aqueducks group was formed on the 6th August 2010, at Trevor Basin, Pontcysyllte. Over the last 2 years we have been committed to hosting events and highlighting the truly exceptional beauty of the 11 miles of World Heritage.
Spectacular views of Chirk Aqueduct and Chirk Viaduct by Quadcopter
Spectacular views of Chirk Aqueduct and Chirk Viaduct by Quadcopter as well as the entrance to Chirk Tunnel (known locally as 'Darkie Tunnel').
Originally published on 6 Apr 2013 by Andrew Donnison - used with his permission gained on 4th May 2013. Contact ted@aqueducks.org for further information.
Please check out Andrew Donnison's TH-cam page @ th-cam.com/users/WingoverVideos?feature=watch
Chirk Aqueduct is a 70-foot (21 m) high and 710-foot (220 m) long navigable aqueduct that carries what is now the Llangollen Canal across the Ceiriog Valley near Chirk, on the England-Wales border and is part of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal World Heritage Site.
Originally published on 6 Apr 2013 by Andrew Donnison - used with his permission gained on 4th May 2013. Contact ted@aqueducks.org for further information.
Please check out Andrew Donnison's TH-cam page @ th-cam.com/users/WingoverVideos?feature=watch
Chirk Aqueduct is a 70-foot (21 m) high and 710-foot (220 m) long navigable aqueduct that carries what is now the Llangollen Canal across the Ceiriog Valley near Chirk, on the England-Wales border and is part of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal World Heritage Site.
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Aqueducks and the Canal and River Trust Llangollen Canal Project
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Stuart Moodie , regional ecologist for Canal and River Trust talking about the work that Aqueducks, Friends of Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal World Heritage Site have been doing with our Planting Trees campaign and the continuing work of Canal and River Trust with their 'Plant a Tree' Project extending Aqueducks work into England. Originally published on the 29th October 2012 by Canal and Rive...
Clearing fallen tree from Llangollen Canal at Chirk Aqueduct
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In March 2013 heavy snow caused a tree to fall under the weight of the snow and the tree fell across Llangollen Canal just before Chirk Aqueduct. This caused a few headaches for narrowboat traffic and for Canal and River Trust in deciding how best to clear the canal route. 5 days after the tree had fallen, it was decided a chainsaw gang would be the best approach. Here is a short video of the c...
Steam Locomotive crosses Chirk Viaduct
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Steam Locomotive on its way across Chirk Viaduct which is alongside Chirk Aqueduct in March 2013. Chirk Viaduct falls within the buffer zone of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal World Heritage Site granted by UNESCO on June 30th 2009.
Libby Anderson carrying the 2012 Olympic torch onto Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
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The first time in history that the Olympic torch traveled across Pontcysyllte Aqueduct by Torch bearers and the barge "Saturn". Libby Anderson 20, of the Queens School, Chester walked around the crowd with children and adults alike waving Welsh flags before handing the torch over to Scout Leader Joanne Gregory, 41, who was sitting on the barge "Saturn".
Chirk Bank Memories
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Produced by Audio Guide Productions Ltd for Aqueducks in early 2011. This video tells all about memories of times gone by in Chirk Bank.
Our newest "Destroyer" on Chirk Aqueduct
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Taken in September 2012, here are some model boats attempting, in the wake of a narrowboat, to navigate Chirk Aqueduct. There's even a steam powered model boat.
Saturn carrying the 2012 OlympicTorch
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Narrowboat "Saturn" carrying the 2012 Olypic Torch over Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
Pontcysllte Aqueduct
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See3D's visualisation of how Thomas Telford may have constructed the structure which was granted World Heritage Status by UNESCO in 2009. Pontcysyllte has not only become the 28th World Heritage inscribed site in the United Kingdom, but also the first World Heritage site to cross the border between two countries in the UK, as part of the 11-mile length of canal extends into England.