Montgomery Canal Restoration June 2024
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 มิ.ย. 2024
- I couldn't resist another look at the recent restoration work on the English side of the Montgomery Canal at Crick Heath being undertaken by the Shropshire Union Canal Society. The Monty passes through my home village of Pant on its way to the Welsh border at Llanymynech.
These pages from the Canal and River Trust make interesting reading. To my understanding, different methods of lining are employed according to the porosity of each individual stretch of restoration.
I understand that after testing it was found that the stretch of canal just south of the Crick Heath basin and bridge will require no lining at all! But that just 50 metres or so further down the canal leaked like a sieve and this is the section of canal now being lined as we speak! (June 2024)
canalrivertrust.org.uk/refres...
Here is a link to the Montgomery Canal section of the Canal & River Trust:
canalrivertrust.org.uk/canals...
The Shropshire Union Canal Society are always looking for new volunteers and members. Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer should see:
shropshireunion.org.uk/member... - for details of dates and contacts.
Please encourage family, friends and colleagues to become members of the society - please see:
shropshireunion.org.uk/restor... - for details of how to join.
Note that you can join online and pay your subs online.
You can also find an overview of the Crickheath South restoration project here:
shropshireunion.org.uk/crickh...
Any donation you can make will help restoration efforts:
link.justgiving.com/v1/charit...
A huge amount of work! Thanks for the video!
Thanks for watching!
they have been busy thanks for the update
Yes they have! It's looking great!
Agreed from an ex NARROWBOATER it always annoyed me to 😊😊
good video, 2:21 that job is quite well done. greetings.
Thank you! Cheers!
I suppose plentiful supply of cinder blocks as they are a recycle product.
I wonder why they’ve build up onto the bund rather than laying it through and putting a clay bund back, surely that’s lots more work when it comes to the next section
Wow! .. Apparently that bit leaked like a sieve and the bit next to it did not leak at all so they decided to do it that way… dhhh Your comments please!
I'd like to know if this moisture barrier cinder block treatment is studied to last for many generations as the previous canal construction has. The moisture barrier being held down by solid cinder blocks looks beautifully simple, but the cinder blocks hold water that will break them apart when the water freezes.
Fresh water starts to expand below 4°C until if freezes with 9% expansion. Since the blocks are being used as hold down weight and protection for the moisture barrier it is likely thought if it they break apart into gravels they will still perform their task. As nearly buoyant small water logged gravels they can be easily picked up and spread by canal boat wakes. Since much of the water in the canal will remain liquid the damage will take place around the water line which would move downward with poor water level care. I see the cinder blocks are not going as high as the what would look like the normal water line.
I also think this will not last as long as clay. It will outlast me though for sure.😣
Why did they go with block lining like that? I'm guessing a lack of clay quarries.
I don’t know! I’m going to volunteer next weekend, I’ll ask them!
@@svminuet have you? 🙂
Yes, I did speak to some of the volunteers about it, the puddle clay option offered a traditional solution but would require large amounts of material to be excavated and was vulnerable to future erosion and leakage.
These pages from the Canal and river Trust make interesting reading. To my understanding different methods of lining are employed according to the porosity of each individual stretch of restoration.
I understand that after testing it was found that the stretch of canal just south of the Crick Heath basin and bridge will require no lining at all! But that just 50 metres further down the canal leaked like a sieve and is the section of canal now being lined as we speak! (June 2024)
canalrivertrust.org.uk/refresh/media/thumbnail/9897-different-ways-of-lining-canals-les-clark.pdf
A couple of 'barges'?!
yes
He meant narrow boats 😂😂
Yes, I mean narrowboat, lol!!
As I said, I need to get up to speed with the technical terms and pronunciations… They say ‘Barge’ in French and also ‘Péniche’.
Have we started calling them narrow-boats since they’ve been used as homes more than transport barges?
@@svminuet No.
@svminuet no narrow beam boats are narrow boats, broad beam barges. Narrow beam, locks tunnels etc about 7 feet wide, broad beam about 14 feet.
Please NOT "Barges" they are "Narrowboats"
OOps, yes, I have taken that on board! I'm learning as I go!
Interesting video, but awful "elevator musak".
I'll try and do better next time!