Thanks for not making a clickbait thumbnail about the gun. "A shocking discovery deep under water" etc. Your professional and informative format is appreciated.
A giant thank you to the Canal Trust for allowing you to show us the replacement process and building of lock gates. Also a big thank you to Martin for making this very interesting video.
Where are they made, any dum fabrication place who would be desperate enough and to make this crap at such a low price there's no profit in it, that's my experience it's like a chess game @@MartinZero
Fantastic insight into something that I hadn't even given a second thought to. Unbelievable amount of detail and engineering required to make these things. Makes you appreciate the incredible feats of engineering required back when they were first constructed.
Absolutely fascinating. I love the engineering behind it all, and the amount of work that goes into maintaining these now historical structures is amazing. All the best to you, Roy, James and Marcus. Cheers!
Interesting to see all the efforts by the Canals and RIver Trust and the technology behind the old canals. Thanks Martin! Even though the day looked cold, there was no brew time...
I'm thankful they haven't tried to replace the oak with a more modern material,that most likely wouldn't have stood the test of time, excellent episode 👍
I would love to work for the Canal River Trust, it would be like working with history. I took four years of woodworking in high school, working on the Lock Gates would be a joy. My neighbor and his wife, a few doors down, are from the UK. His Wife calls her husband an American in a Brit body and calls me a Brit in an American body. Thanks to all those involved in keeping history alive and kicking.... And again, thanks to Martin and Team.
A wonderfully informative insight into the CRT works and the work involved in maintaining our canal locks. As you show, lock gates are much more than gates which simply open and shut, but highly complex mechanisms working in very arduous conditions. Thank you.
Fascinating, cycle along the canals quite often and admire the work going into makeing the locks and gates, must have ben really difficult work back in the 1700,s no electric power tools, candles to see with in the workshops,and no heavy cranes, also love they showed the wooden Patterns and core box for producing the castings for a hub.
Brilliant. Looking forward to seeing your coverage of volunteers. I am in Ireland so couldn't make it over but wishing you and the Canal Trust people every best wish.
love the fact we can make things in Britain still, amazing engineering & workmanship . Wishing you a Merry Christmas Martin & all the best for the new year
Great video. So good to see traditional skills and tools being used to create the new gates. Deffo going to be looking out for volunteer and open days.
Totally interesting. Back in the mid 60s I was stuck in Ostend for half a day. Got time to see the engineers building gates for a new inner yacht basin. The carpenters were dangling in baskets - busy with enormous mallets and chisels making the tenons for the crossbeams - - all in situ. Its wonderful to see the skills being used.
Hello Martin. Another great video. So much history (e.g. the dry dock from the past in the gate manufacturing workshop) recorded for the next generations. The engineering of past eras makes me proud of my UK heritage. Great that the timber is recycled as well. Impressive that once the outer layer is machined off, it looks as good as new and it has spared a mighty oak tree as well. Keep up the good work guys and have a great Christmas. Regards, Peter from Oz.
im so surpised they only last 25 years, that seems quite a short lifetime for how much work it seems to be to replace them, although i doubt they if they were made from steel theyd last that and be even harder to replace. great video
Thanks for showing us the workings of the lock! Im from the other side of the pond, Ottawa Canada. Ottawa is the start of the Rideau Canal wich goes to Kinston. My Uncle was responible for the mantaince of the lock gates, so its very intersting to see your shops. Thanks ! Cheers!
Another fascinating video Martin and Roy. This is why you are the best channel on TH-cam, you show us things and places we would never get to see! Keep up the fantastic work. Merry Christmas to you and yours from an ex Moston boy now in deepest darkest Devon
Hi Martin, this was so interesting. A great privilege to be able to get up close to both the lock 69 but also the factory in Wolverhampton. I'm amazed that they can source all that oak from the UK. Big old trees that take a long time to grow. Excellent video. Hope you get chance to do some more. Good luck with the volunteering. Have a great Christmas. All the best!!
Awesome video, thank you so much! All that canal stuff you have in the UK is so fascinating. Germany was too late to the industrialisation game for canals unfortunately.
My Dad and his family lived in Ancoats in the 1950's on Purden Street off Kemp Street and he remembers being encouraged to walk across a lock gate and the water rushing through the gate frightened him and he would not do it. He also remembers that the canal was filled or the depth lowered to stop children falling in and drowning, whether that was true or not?
You might want to check out the repairing of the breach on the Bolton Bury canal which is now been started by the company building houses on the neighbouring land
I noticed something really weird in the mud, went and got it with a magnet, turns out to be a really old errm thingy majig. . . Rifle with hexagonal barrel @ from 300 yrs ago, anyone wanna buy it ?
Have you cleaned it up? might be worth a good bit My tip would be to ULTRA DISCREETLY get a book on proof marks (are on all firearms) to figure out how old it is. Avoid indiscretion as bossy might just confiscate the thing. If its really really old you might get a sale on open market. If not so old then a 'private' deal might be the way to maximise your return. GOOD LUCK.
Won't be happening near me anytime soon, we don't have any canals, which is just as well, my council, Gateshead, can't even maintain a 50 year old flyover that they've know was in a poor condition for over 10 years. The council have had to close off the flyover and the dual carriageway that runs parallel underneath it, Nexus who run the Metro system have had stop running Metro trains to South Shields, into Newcastle and to Sunderland because the tunnel for the system runs under the flyover, the council won't even reopen a section of Askew Road that they converted to a bus lane to easy the congestion due to the road closures, this road was a link to the Tyne bridge, their keeping as a bus lane because it has a revenue generating camera I hate this country and what it has become in the last 10 years, greed is what it is all about now
Thanks for not making a clickbait thumbnail about the gun. "A shocking discovery deep under water" etc. Your professional and informative format is appreciated.
A giant thank you to the Canal Trust for allowing you to show us the replacement process and building of lock gates. Also a big thank you to Martin for making this very interesting video.
Thanks very much 👍
Where are they made, any dum fabrication place who would be desperate enough and to make this crap at such a low price there's no profit in it, that's my experience it's like a chess game @@MartinZero
Fantastic insight into something that I hadn't even given a second thought to. Unbelievable amount of detail and engineering required to make these things. Makes you appreciate the incredible feats of engineering required back when they were first constructed.
Absolutely fascinating. I love the engineering behind it all, and the amount of work that goes into maintaining these now historical structures is amazing. All the best to you, Roy, James and Marcus. Cheers!
Interesting to see all the efforts by the Canals and RIver Trust and the technology behind the old canals. Thanks Martin! Even though the day looked cold, there was no brew time...
Brilliant vid. It's great to see some proper craftsmanship still relevant.....
I cannot fathom the amount of work to maintain an entire system of canals. This was a great episode.
Thanks Christopher 👍
I'm thankful they haven't tried to replace the oak with a more modern material,that most likely wouldn't have stood the test of time, excellent episode 👍
Brilliant video Martin. As always.
Very interesting that they are prioritizing the historical integrity of these gates. It's good for a country to treasure it's history.
WOW so interesting well done.
I grew up in the area, in the 60s I played and fished on the Rochdale Canal from Newton Heath up to Middleton Junction
I would love to work for the Canal River Trust, it would be like working with history. I took four years of woodworking in high school, working on the Lock Gates would be a joy. My neighbor and his wife, a few doors down, are from the UK. His Wife calls her husband an American in a Brit body and calls me a Brit in an American body. Thanks to all those involved in keeping history alive and kicking....
And again, thanks to Martin and Team.
It’s so important to keep history alive … we can learn from the past and it’s interesting to see how they lived before and how things have changed 😊
Yup another super post, love this style of your work, thank you.
A wonderfully informative insight into the CRT works and the work involved in maintaining our canal locks. As you show, lock gates are much more than gates which simply open and shut, but highly complex mechanisms working in very arduous conditions. Thank you.
Fascinating insight there Martin and thanks to the C&RT for giving you the opportunity to film it.
Cheers Steve
Fascinating stuff, cheers Martin
Thank you
Fascinating, cycle along the canals quite often and admire the work going into makeing the locks and gates, must have ben really difficult work back in the 1700,s no electric power tools, candles to see with in the workshops,and no heavy cranes, also love they showed the wooden Patterns and core box for producing the castings for a hub.
Brilliant. Looking forward to seeing your coverage of volunteers. I am in Ireland so couldn't make it over but wishing you and the Canal Trust people every best wish.
Thanks lads ❤great to see you back in your natural habitat Martin near water 😊
Fascinating video, Martin. Thanks for sharing it.
All the best to you and the crew.👍
Another brilliant vlog. Thank you!
Very interesting Martin
Amazing stuff as usual. I cannot believe I have only just discovered your content. Keep up the good work
Absolutely brilliant stuff right up my street 👏 👍 thanks for sharing this with us all.
Another good un Martin. gobsmackingly brilliant. Thank You
Fantastic view and experience. Thank you.
Thanks Peter
Another fascinating video.
Thank you 👍
Great video again, thanks Martin ⛴️⛴️⛴️⛴️⛴️
That was so interesting. Another gem Martin.
Thanks Mick
Brilliant video
Thanks Martin ❤️ Merry Christmas 🎅
Very very interesting. Great video, thanks Martin. Merry Christmas to you and the ones dear to you. Cheers
love the fact we can make things in Britain still, amazing engineering & workmanship . Wishing you a Merry Christmas Martin & all the best for the new year
Thank you all the best 👍
"Make The UK Great Again"
Great video. So good to see traditional skills and tools being used to create the new gates. Deffo going to be looking out for volunteer and open days.
This mortal coil album art ❤, I love the canal stuff, and the old boat works
Fascinating, they really should give you your own TV channel. Channel Zero!
Have good holiday season 😊
I second that proposal 👍🏽
Totally interesting.
Back in the mid 60s I was stuck in Ostend for half a day. Got time to see the engineers building gates for a new inner yacht basin. The carpenters were dangling in baskets - busy with enormous mallets and chisels making the tenons for the crossbeams - - all in situ.
Its wonderful to see the skills being used.
Thanks very much 👍
My great grandparents family lived on the canal at Bradley, nice to see a bit of it.
Cheers Dougal 👍
@ I must thank you. Top vid as always.
Thanks for the content Martin. Always a fascinating story to tell….
Very good video you have done again. You have shown how much work goes into making gates
What an interesting video Martin , I wouldn’t have known or have any idea the amount of work that goes in , wow , thanks Martin
Hello Martin. Another great video. So much history (e.g. the dry dock from the past in the gate manufacturing workshop) recorded for the next generations. The engineering of past eras makes me proud of my UK heritage. Great that the timber is recycled as well. Impressive that once the outer layer is machined off, it looks as good as new and it has spared a mighty oak tree as well. Keep up the good work guys and have a great Christmas. Regards, Peter from Oz.
I live 10 min from stanley ferry workshop and i have had pleasure of having a wolk around tour i am same as u i love seeing gates replaced
Thanks Martin. Facinating stuff. A lot of work in there for us :)
Cheers Paul
That was a very interesting video.. really enjoyed seeing how the gates are made and how they measure for them …
A superb video made even more interesting by the visit to the Bradley works. 👍
Cheers Phil
Interesting video. thnks for uploading.
Wonderful stuff. Thanks Martin !
Really interesting Martin. My parents lived off Culcheth Lane in the 70s so not far away. I couldn't get over how huge that lock gate was laid flat.
Brilliant, interesting insight!
im so surpised they only last 25 years, that seems quite a short lifetime for how much work it seems to be to replace them, although i doubt they if they were made from steel theyd last that and be even harder to replace. great video
Quality as always top man fantastic Sunday night watch keep them coming have a great Christmas 👍👍🍺🍺
You do make great videos Martin. Top work, thanks.
Merry Christmas Martin and gang Happy New Year.
1st class martin and team .....well done
Crossed that bridge many a time. Great video.
Very good show..
Cheers
Thanks for showing us the workings of the lock! Im from the other side of the pond, Ottawa Canada. Ottawa is the start of the Rideau Canal wich goes to Kinston. My Uncle was responible for the mantaince of the lock gates, so its very intersting to see your shops. Thanks ! Cheers!
Another fascinating video Martin and Roy. This is why you are the best channel on TH-cam, you show us things and places we would never get to see! Keep up the fantastic work. Merry Christmas to you and yours from an ex Moston boy now in deepest darkest Devon
Great video Martin!
Hope all of you have a great Christmas and New Year.
👍🙂
Thanks very much Ian
Fascinating, thanks for sharing.
Fascinating stuff! Cheers Martin 👍 Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2025 🎄🥳🙌
What a superb video.
Nice Christmas present!
Merry Christmas.
Hi Martin, this was so interesting. A great privilege to be able to get up close to both the lock 69 but also the factory in Wolverhampton.
I'm amazed that they can source all that oak from the UK. Big old trees that take a long time to grow.
Excellent video. Hope you get chance to do some more. Good luck with the volunteering.
Have a great Christmas. All the best!!
Many thanks! Great video! Merry Christmas! 🇨🇦
Great video use to play up and down that overflow as a kid.
can't imagine what it would have been like back in the day when they didn't have modern machinery.
Very interesting video, thank you 😊
Thank you
Awesome video, thank you so much! All that canal stuff you have in the UK is so fascinating. Germany was too late to the industrialisation game for canals unfortunately.
Another fascinating video!
Did they clean/dredge the bottom of the canal whilst it was drained?
Martin, you should come down to Stafford and visit the team rebuilding the Stafford river way link. I’m not involved but it looks a fantastic project!
You would love Tooleys boatyard in Banbury. It a working historical boatyard. They often use the dry dock for music events.
My Dad and his family lived in Ancoats in the 1950's on Purden Street off Kemp Street and he remembers being encouraged to walk across a lock gate and the water rushing through the gate frightened him and he would not do it. He also remembers that the canal was filled or the depth lowered to stop children falling in and drowning, whether that was true or not?
Great video forgot to add that
theres also a workshop at Stanley Ferry
I expected Lock 69 to have one gate mounted upside down
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Kinky
Very Interesting Martin - Back in the 1700's how did they come up with the idea of a Lock Gate!!! 🤔🚂🚂🚂
I grew up not far from the Bradley workshops, and I think they were the Fellows Morton and Clayton narrowboat company's workshop.
You might want to check out the repairing of the breach on the Bolton Bury canal which is now been started by the company building houses on the neighbouring land
fascinating. did they pull the supermarket trolleys out before you got there. that toy gun seemed to have rather intricate construction detail to it.
Thanks :)
Makes you wonder how the Victorians managed it without all that equipment.
They might have used a steam crane.
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Are they true Lock Smiths? You had to pick gate "69".
I noticed something really weird in the mud, went and got it with a magnet, turns out to be a really old errm thingy majig. . . Rifle with hexagonal barrel @ from 300 yrs ago, anyone wanna buy it ?
Have you cleaned it pressure washer etc. Might be worth a good bit.
Have you cleaned it up? might be worth a good bit
My tip would be to ULTRA DISCREETLY get a book on proof marks (are on all firearms) to figure out how old it is. Avoid indiscretion as bossy might just confiscate the thing. If its really really old you might get a sale on open market. If not so old then a 'private' deal might be the way to maximise your return. GOOD LUCK.
@@causewaykayak come haVE A LOOK m8
been drying out a week now
Won't be happening near me anytime soon, we don't have any canals, which is just as well, my council, Gateshead, can't even maintain a 50 year old flyover that they've know was in a poor condition for over 10 years. The council have had to close off the flyover and the dual carriageway that runs parallel underneath it, Nexus who run the Metro system have had stop running Metro trains to South Shields, into Newcastle and to Sunderland because the tunnel for the system runs under the flyover, the council won't even reopen a section of Askew Road that they converted to a bus lane to easy the congestion due to the road closures, this road was a link to the Tyne bridge, their keeping as a bus lane because it has a revenue generating camera
I hate this country and what it has become in the last 10 years, greed is what it is all about now
Martin it's Old Church Street Not lane
Lock 69 😇