There’s an account that popped up in my recommended called “Taylor’s aboard a narrowboat” who’s posted daily drone footage since it burst the banks, absolutely insane destruction
@@janolafulHas done daily footage and lives on a boat with his parents, a boat which was left stranded when the water drained out. I understand that there are plans to re float their boat and all the others soon.
@@janolaful fingers crossed. The people that own the canal have everything crossed. They want to get the Taylor family gone so they don’t do daily drone footage annoying the builders. Mind you there channel has gone viral! They had about 6k and they’re at 36k subs. Plus they have regulars buying them coffees.
Amazing drone footage. I follow already Josh Taylor from the moment it happened. It was scary to see how fast the water disappeared. It is nice to hear and see your comment. Love it.
It's devastating to think that's the 2nd time its breached in the same area great drone footage "Taylor's aboard a narrowboat " has been great with his daily's his boat is there
The same section collapsed back in 1971/2, and took 2 years to repair , the canal is owned privately and not waterways, so any action needed does take a lot longer.. it has currently been dammed and water levels are being brought back up where any boats are, so they can vacate the area..
Each and every one of the 110 gang has their own vlog style lol I love it ! I'm more of a slow down, enjoy the flowers, while you walk kind of person so this is right up my alley ! Cheers from America
Fascinating vlog. Canals were an audacious concept and led to the Industrial Revolution due to the enormous movement of coal to fire the iron foundries and other industries and expansion of centres of urban population. The technology and engineering are jaw dropping for the mid 18th century and the complexity of tunnelling, bridges, earthworks and locks must have been a staggering undertaking. Predominantly pick and shovel with barges pulled by horses! If you look at Google Earth maps and old maps on-line of where the breach occurred, you might see what looks like a culvert that went beneath the canal. I believe this became eroded and collapsed causing a chain reaction.
I heard that the canal level rose up above the towpath and started to flow over the edge, once the embankment got saturated it failed. I wonder if it has any spillways to released excess water.
A superior quality video on this event with detailed description of what you were looking at. Good that you had local knowledge of the area especially your point about the owner of the Trafford Centre which nobody else has mentioned . Really enjoyed this video and have subscribed to your channel Best wishes for your TH-cam future.
Loving the content Chris, personally I am really struggling with the audio on your videos tho, maybe Tom could help get your balance sorted? I can never make out what anyone else is saying other than yourself
Brilliant video, good on you for covering it. Heavens knows how long it will take to reinstate, but hopefully all publicity will help focus efforts on repair.
I loved the history at the end too. Chris you're a very wise guy my friend. I seen you welding that fixture up the other day and I was like oh that's right up my alley lol im a machinist. Would love to see more projects like that in the future, maybe Tom could learn something lol
Great video Chris. Just wondering if the canal and river board are funding the farmers now they are unable to plant there crops and put animals out to graze . It’s a disgrace to be honest.
I guess it depends on which inflation calculator you use, the one I used said that £250,000 in '71 is the equivilant of £4.5m in 2025. Let's hope Peel Holdings use the same calculator you did 🤣
My thought on this, is the only way to rectify the problem will be steel piling to make a channel, then backfill all the gaps between the eroded bank and avoid disturbing as much as possible of the old bank. The piling will need to be deep although it may not be to hard to install if the ground under the canal isn't solid rock.
I saw your footage on TikTok and left a comment saying awesome, I take that back. Your video was really good I didn’t know it as the canal. It’s so bad I had no idea. I feel for everyone who has been affected in so many ways. I hope no one was seriously hurt.
Bear in mind that this is a 260 year old canal, and there are no locks in its entire length - it is all on one level. The area where the breach occurred is near to the aqueduct taking the canal over the river Bollin, where a previous breach occurred in 1971. The damage isn't due to erosion, although there is some. The canal banks and towpath collapsed because there was nothing to hold it up after the water broke free and flooded the surrounding area.
On the Taylors Aboard channel from his drone footage it looks like there's a culvert under it and a sewage pipe in the bank (it is severed) it could have been any of those things that triggered it- from the level of water on the higher plane it would seem the culvert was not working for some time...
big earth moving project, CRT (i know this is Peel) are rebuilding and restoring miles and miles of canals around the country, even using volunteers. A better structural design needed to cater for bank collapses. Maybe a cast iron trough like Pontysyllt aquaduct? .
I hope I'm wrong but I feel that Peel will just cap off the ends of the breach, and claim it's beyond economic repair. The was a suggestion on one of the canal forums that allegedly Peel had offered the canal to the canal trust, for a nominal fee. Minus the land, properties and holdings.
G'day, The fallen Wooden Pilings were reinforcements put in there, after the 1971 Breach ; which took 2 years to repair, apparently. Apparently Peel Holdings wanted to buy the Manchester Shipping Canal, and had to buy Bridgewater as a Job-Lot, paying £1 for it ; but they have to maintain it - because of all the surrounding Drainage for 5 miles either side, and all the EcoGnomic activity..., which relies and depends on the Canals remaining functional. The Shipping Canal's Transit Fees subsidise the Bridgewater Canal's continued operation ; and the Fees charged to Boaties actually floating and motoring & mooring on it probably barely covers the cost of overpainting the Graffiti...(?)! But, the broad swathe of Landscape the Canal either drains or saturates and the Population therein have Perceived Needs which will probably see the Canal Repaired... Otherwise the Poluticians would have to admit that Ecological Meteorological Pushback against the Industrial Revolution..., has Just(ifiably ?) done a Ned Ludd on one of the First Canals built to More cheaply Carry Coal To be burned in the City... Sea-Level Rise Falls down from the Skies, Washing Science Denial Away, As they say... Washing Science Denial Away... And the Politicians won't Come at that, So, expect there to be lots of, "We SHALL Rebuild For our Posterity, Heritage, & National Honour Depends upon our So Doing...; Forsooth, Gadzooks !" Or, words to that effect. Such is life, Have a good one..... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !
I remember has a child thinking it was filled with orange juice then i found out it was because of iron oxide from the coal mines in Worsley, absolutely gutted
Hey Chris - Love the vid! Awe inspiring and devastating at the same time! Just a shot in the dark but as your channel continues to grow you may look into bringing on a bit of an editor to take some of the work load off / up production value over time. If this is the case please feel free to reach out - I'm based out of good old Bristol, have years of experience and love all things outdoors! If this is something you're thinking about at the moment, it would be great to start a conversation. Happy to shoot over an email if needed. Cheers lad.
its amazing to seethe full extent of the damaged caused by the canal breach, what will it cost £10-15M those poor people and the businesses that rely on the canal
I don't think the government will pay to repair that now. They will direct the water away and forget about it. I hope i am totally wrong, but time will tell. What drone do you use as it's very stable, and that's the best footage I've seen of the canals.
@@Lewww-correct it is a DJI Mavic Air 2 but it is a bigger one and does require a licence and registration which it has! Look closely on the rear legs, it has a UK CAA reg number and a FAA USA reg number on! It’s a cool bit of kit!
I saw in someone elses video that a drain ran under the breach and it had failed, causing it to wash the dirt away from under the canal which caused the breach. I think its where the 2 guys were stood at 2:45
@@janolaful You can find this directly on the Bridgewater Canal website :-- "On the 2nd August 1971, a report was received from the Altrincham police concerning a leak from the Bridgewater Canal near the Bollin Aqueduct. The canal crosses over the River Bollin on an embankment with the Canal water level thirty four feet above river level. The Canal gushing into the river below had soon washed out a gorge in the embankment ninety feet wide." Do some research before attempting to mock others.
It's such a loss to see a canal so empty and unusable. The canals of Englad are centuries old, and incredibly important to the infrastructure of industrial Britain. It'll be such a shame if it cant be rebuilt, if the idiots in London will even care enough about the North to fund its repair.
There’s an account that popped up in my recommended called “Taylor’s aboard a narrowboat” who’s posted daily drone footage since it burst the banks, absolutely insane destruction
He lives on the canal.
@@janolafulHas done daily footage and lives on a boat with his parents, a boat which was left stranded when the water drained out. I understand that there are plans to re float their boat and all the others soon.
@@ajohnson2381 they put in 2 cofferdams and the water is rising so finger's crossed
@ what would the original navvies have thought about the new efforts of canal repair and maintenance?
@@janolaful fingers crossed. The people that own the canal have everything crossed. They want to get the Taylor family gone so they don’t do daily drone footage annoying the builders. Mind you there channel has gone viral! They had about 6k and they’re at 36k subs. Plus they have regulars buying them coffees.
Literally been catching up on all the content today, what an enjoyable watch and clearly a genuinely nice guy!
Thank you, that’s so kind 😁😁😁
Amazing drone footage. I follow already Josh Taylor from the moment it happened. It was scary to see how fast the water disappeared. It is nice to hear and see your comment. Love it.
Josh Taylor is cool he’s doing sooooo good covering this. Thanks 😁😁😁
It's devastating to think that's the 2nd time its breached in the same area great drone footage "Taylor's aboard a narrowboat " has been great with his daily's his boat is there
The same section collapsed back in 1971/2, and took 2 years to repair , the canal is owned privately and not waterways, so any action needed does take a lot longer.. it has currently been dammed and water levels are being brought back up where any boats are, so they can vacate the area..
Each and every one of the 110 gang has their own vlog style lol I love it ! I'm more of a slow down, enjoy the flowers, while you walk kind of person so this is right up my alley ! Cheers from America
Thank you 😁😁😁
Fascinating vlog. Canals were an audacious concept and led to the Industrial Revolution due to the enormous movement of coal to fire the iron foundries and other industries and expansion of centres of urban population. The technology and engineering are jaw dropping for the mid 18th century and the complexity of tunnelling, bridges, earthworks and locks must have been a staggering undertaking. Predominantly pick and shovel with barges pulled by horses! If you look at Google Earth maps and old maps on-line of where the breach occurred, you might see what looks like a culvert that went beneath the canal. I believe this became eroded and collapsed causing a chain reaction.
Thank you, yes it really interesting and amazing how they were constructed, almost like a section of the m60 being washed out in today equivalent. 😬😬😬
I heard that the canal level rose up above the towpath and started to flow over the edge, once the embankment got saturated it failed. I wonder if it has any spillways to released excess water.
Yeah peel holdings Bridgewater stretch, Brilliant video
Thank you 😁😁😁
A superior quality video on this event with detailed description of what you were looking at. Good that you had local knowledge of the area especially your point about the owner of the Trafford Centre which nobody else has mentioned . Really enjoyed this video and have subscribed to your channel Best wishes for your TH-cam future.
Just so sad but dramatic. Love the engineering know how that goes into thses structures. Nice bit of history on it too. Thanks..!!
Thank you 😁😁😁
Loving the content Chris, personally I am really struggling with the audio on your videos tho, maybe Tom could help get your balance sorted? I can never make out what anyone else is saying other than yourself
He needs to normalise the audio to -3db when he is editing the video
iPhone are terrible for directional mics in certain situations. Sometimes they are loud and sometimes they decide to go for a walk somewhere!
Thank, certainly will look into sorting this out thanks for the feedback 😁😁😁
Brilliant video, good on you for covering it. Heavens knows how long it will take to reinstate, but hopefully all publicity will help focus efforts on repair.
Nature is very powerful
It really is 😬😬😬
Hi, when peel holdings took over the Bridgewater Canal, they only paid one pound for the canal
Wow , let’s hope it gets fixed 👍👍👍
I loved the history at the end too. Chris you're a very wise guy my friend. I seen you welding that fixture up the other day and I was like oh that's right up my alley lol im a machinist. Would love to see more projects like that in the future, maybe Tom could learn something lol
Great video Chris. Just wondering if the canal and river board are funding the farmers now they are unable to plant there crops and put animals out to graze . It’s a disgrace to be honest.
Yes such a shame what’s happened 😬😬😬
Peel holdings payed 1£ for the bridge water when they bought the manchester ship canal it was thrown in on the deal
Wow 😬😬😬
Hi Chris, go and take a look a the Taylor’s aboard a narrow boat they was in one off the boats near the breach 👍🏻
Yes, we saw that video, it’s scary
Thank you, Chris
Very interesting. It is amazing when we think we know something, and mother nature comes along and lets you know she is in charge❤
Yes we are definitely not in control, and every no and again it lets us know 😬😬😁😁
WOW that’s absolutely crazy I’ve never seen anything like that before great drone footage thank you for sharing xx
Thank you, yes it was very humbling to see it 😬😬😁😁
Take a look at Taylors Aboard. They were close by the breech as it happened and filmed all of it from the start
Thay have built coffer dams on each side within the last few days
👌😁😁
That is going to cost a fortune to repair. A lot of material to be moved. In 1971 it cost £250k to repair, that is £3.1m in 2024 money.
I guess it depends on which inflation calculator you use, the one I used said that £250,000 in '71 is the equivilant of £4.5m in 2025.
Let's hope Peel Holdings use the same calculator you did 🤣
My thought on this, is the only way to rectify the problem will be steel piling to make a channel, then backfill all the gaps between the eroded bank and avoid disturbing as much as possible of the old bank. The piling will need to be deep although it may not be to hard to install if the ground under the canal isn't solid rock.
It’s sad to see the canal like this but it’s the second Time it’s breached in the same place I think the other time was in the 70’s
Yes that’s right, think it will cost a little more than the 250k that it cost back then to rebuild 😬😬😬
1971!
@@chrisoffroads you need to get on the job Chris won’t take long 😂
@@Wayne-R-love to get on that
I saw your footage on TikTok and left a comment saying awesome, I take that back. Your video was really good I didn’t know it as the canal. It’s so bad I had no idea. I feel for everyone who has been affected in so many ways. I hope no one was seriously hurt.
Yes it’s a shame 😬😬😬
Have you put your tender in for the earthworks? 😉
There must have been more at play than a simple breach. That amount of erosion I would think was not just from canal water. 😢
Bear in mind that this is a 260 year old canal, and there are no locks in its entire length - it is all on one level. The area where the breach occurred is near to the aqueduct taking the canal over the river Bollin, where a previous breach occurred in 1971. The damage isn't due to erosion, although there is some. The canal banks and towpath collapsed because there was nothing to hold it up after the water broke free and flooded the surrounding area.
On the Taylors Aboard channel from his drone footage it looks like there's a culvert under it and a sewage pipe in the bank (it is severed) it could have been any of those things that triggered it- from the level of water on the higher plane it would seem the culvert was not working for some time...
💯 percent must be something else
big earth moving project, CRT (i know this is Peel) are rebuilding and restoring miles and miles of canals around the country, even using volunteers. A better structural design
needed to cater for bank collapses. Maybe a cast iron trough like Pontysyllt aquaduct? .
I hope I'm wrong but I feel that Peel will just cap off the ends of the breach, and claim it's beyond economic repair. The was a suggestion on one of the canal forums that allegedly Peel had offered the canal to the canal trust, for a nominal fee. Minus the land, properties and holdings.
I think your right, I hope not but time will tell , thanks 😁😁😁
G'day,
The fallen Wooden Pilings were reinforcements put in there, after the 1971 Breach ; which took 2 years to repair, apparently.
Apparently Peel Holdings wanted to buy the Manchester Shipping Canal, and had to buy Bridgewater as a Job-Lot, paying £1 for it ; but they have to maintain it - because of all the surrounding Drainage for 5 miles either side, and all the EcoGnomic activity..., which relies and depends on the Canals remaining functional.
The Shipping Canal's Transit Fees subsidise the Bridgewater Canal's continued operation ; and the Fees charged to Boaties actually floating and motoring & mooring on it probably barely covers the cost of overpainting the
Graffiti...(?)!
But, the broad swathe of Landscape the Canal either drains or saturates and the Population therein have
Perceived Needs which will probably see the
Canal
Repaired...
Otherwise the Poluticians would have to admit that
Ecological Meteorological
Pushback against the
Industrial Revolution..., has
Just(ifiably ?) done a
Ned Ludd on one of the
First Canals built to
More cheaply
Carry
Coal
To be burned in the
City...
Sea-Level
Rise
Falls down from the
Skies,
Washing
Science Denial
Away,
As they say...
Washing
Science Denial
Away...
And the Politicians won't
Come at that,
So, expect there to be lots of,
"We SHALL Rebuild
For our
Posterity, Heritage, &
National Honour
Depends upon our
So
Doing...;
Forsooth,
Gadzooks !"
Or, words to that effect.
Such is life,
Have a good one.....
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
Wow that’s some great information thank you 👍👍👍
Absolutely crazy 💪🏼
Just abit ain’t it 😬😬😁😁
Gold...
Gold...gold
😁😁😁
Wow! How much will that cost to put right?! 😱 Great footage by the way!
Thank you 😁😁😁 crazy costs 😬😬😬
I remember has a child thinking it was filled with orange juice then i found out it was because of iron oxide from the coal mines in Worsley, absolutely gutted
😂😂😂 owwww orange juice 😁😁😁
@chrisoffroads yes it was like that for years
@@chrisoffroads Google the orange canal est 1761 I'm at the Worsley end.
Hey Chris - Love the vid! Awe inspiring and devastating at the same time!
Just a shot in the dark but as your channel continues to grow you may look into bringing on a bit of an editor to take some of the work load off / up production value over time. If this is the case please feel free to reach out - I'm based out of good old Bristol, have years of experience and love all things outdoors! If this is something you're thinking about at the moment, it would be great to start a conversation. Happy to shoot over an email if needed. Cheers lad.
Thank you for the offer 💪💪💪
its amazing to seethe full extent of the damaged caused by the canal breach, what will it cost £10-15M those poor people and the businesses that rely on the canal
Yes such a shame 😬😬😬
Mate grab that tango can 😂its from the 80s at latest I’m sure
It’s cool 😁😁😁
I don't think the government will pay to repair that now. They will direct the water away and forget about it. I hope i am totally wrong, but time will tell. What drone do you use as it's very stable, and that's the best footage I've seen of the canals.
DJI mavic air 2 I think its the best one just small enough to use with no license
@@Lewww-correct it is a DJI Mavic Air 2 but it is a bigger one and does require a licence and registration which it has! Look closely on the rear legs, it has a UK CAA reg number and a FAA USA reg number on! It’s a cool bit of kit!
It's owned by peel holdings. Nothing to do with government. Likely be abandoned I reckon
lets gooo chris lad
Let’s gooooooo 🤙🤙🤙🤙
Farmer’s got his work cut out moving all that free topsoil 🙈
Oh the poor guy, 😬😬😬
Oh wow 😮
What is the expression ' my days'?
😂😂😂 oh my days indeed 😁😁😁
It hit you lot hard up there 😢hopefully it all be fixed in time
🤞🤞🤞
In the bright sun use an ND32 filter on the drone and it will bring out much more detail.
Oh cool thank you 👌👌👌
@chrisoffroads it's like giving the drone sunglasses stops the bright areas bleaching out.
Crazy man.
Wild ain’t it 😬😬😁😁
Omg nature can be devastating at times
It really is 🫨🫨🫨
How long would it take to clean out something like this?! And also how would someone prevent this from happening again? I need to know!
Oh my days along time and a lot of costs 😬😬😬
I live near the end of the Bridgwater Canal.
Nice 👍👍👍
I saw in someone elses video that a drain ran under the breach and it had failed, causing it to wash the dirt away from under the canal which caused the breach. I think its where the 2 guys were stood at 2:45
Yes, iv heard that as well, be interesting to find out 👍👍👍
This is more interesting than the Taylors aboard a boat
🤣🤣👍👍
I hope Peel don't have to take the cost out of the Manchester Ship Canal bridge maintenance pot.... 😉😅
😬😬😬
Farmer just dug a canal longer than the repair in a day
He just got it done 💪💪💪
I'm pretty sure it has an E in it. Bridgwater Canal is a different canal. I'm just on the other side of the world but what do I know
Thanks 😁😁😁
get a metal detector in the cannal for a vid would be insane
Oh yes 😁😁😁
you all need to invest in mics .love the content hate the sound.
Thanks, yes looking into now 😁😁😁
I imagine they have insurance infact they would probably be required to have it.
i take a look the last time it happened
Yes not good 😬😬😬
wait so... it essentially breached the same way it did in the past
It's never breached before so not got a clue what you're talking about 😮
Sure did 😬😬😬
@@janolaful You can find this directly on the Bridgewater Canal website :--
"On the 2nd August 1971, a report was received from the Altrincham police concerning a leak from the Bridgewater Canal near the Bollin Aqueduct. The canal crosses over the River Bollin on an embankment with the Canal water level thirty four feet above river level. The Canal gushing into the river below had soon washed out a gorge in the embankment ninety feet wide."
Do some research before attempting to mock others.
its gone for ever if your replyig on peel holdings they wont spend a penny to fix that damage
They have fitted 2 cofferdam. Peel holdings are vast all about the money 💰
Sadly I think so as well 😬😬😬
It's such a loss to see a canal so empty and unusable. The canals of Englad are centuries old, and incredibly important to the infrastructure of industrial Britain. It'll be such a shame if it cant be rebuilt, if the idiots in London will even care enough about the North to fund its repair.
100% it’s a terrible loss, really hope it’s rebuilt 🤞🤞🤞
Surely there's got to be something not right about that section of canal, once then 'fixed' NOT, WHY again ??
Yes it’s not good, strange twice 😬😬😬
The big question is does today's society have the will to repair it or just let the canal system to fall into ruin.
That is it, will anyone one care enough to invest a huge sum in restoring this ??? 😬😬😬
Checkout ‘Taylor’s Aboard a Narrowboat’ for daily updates 👍🏻
Yes there good 👍👍👍
Historical tornadoes, Britain flooding, America on fire..
first
Yay thanks 😁😁😁
OMG CONGRATULATIONS ACCORDING TO STATS this is your 100th VLOG 🍾
No way is it 😁😁😁🤙🤙🤙
Absolutely crazy 💪🏼