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Author: Colin Wareing

The final levelling and compacting of the stone in the lock chamber ready for piling work.

Eshton Lock repairs delayed by storm Eunice

March 28, 2022 Colin Wareing News

ONE of the winter works delayed by storm Eunice has been the repairs at Eshton Lock on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal where a depression

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On a bright and crisp winter morning the Iron Giant stretches out across the valley of the River Erewash on the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire border.

The ‘Iron Giant’ opens for walkers and cyclists

March 4, 2022 Colin Wareing News

MANY boaters who have travelled the Erewash Canal will have been unable to miss the old railway iron viaduct that crosses the Erewash River valley

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Scaffolding erected in the three-lock staircase to allow public access to inspect the drained locks.

Grindley Brook locks host first open day for a while

March 3, 2022 Colin Wareing News

THE Canal and River Trust invited visitors to have a look at maintenance work on the three-lock staircase at Grindley Brook near Whitchurch in Shropshire

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Work boat Murillo arrives at the works at Dean Lock. PHOTO: COLIN WAREING, COLIN AND CAROLE’S CREATIONS

Stoppages: Winter works west of Wigan

December 28, 2021 Colin Wareing News

AS PART of the annual winter stoppage programme on the inland waterways, work has been taking place at Dean Lock to the west of Wigan

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A solitary narrowboat stranded within the dry section of the canal.

March target for reopening breach site

November 30, 2021 Colin Wareing News

THE Canal & River Trust is aiming to reopen the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Rishton at the end of March 2022 following the recent

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The statue of Barbara Castle in Jubilee Square in Blackburn.

Canals saviour immortalised in bronze

November 29, 2021 Colin Wareing News

A STATUE commemorating Blackburn MP Barbara Castle has been unveiled in the Lancashire town’s Jubilee Square. She is portrayed holding a representation of a copy

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Fears over water supplies as Toddbrook repairs take place

December 19, 2019 Colin Wareing Features, News

MAINTAINING water supplies for boating on the Peak Forest Canal looks set to become a challenge over the next few years in the wake of

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Top gate replacement works at Pagefield Lock 88

November 27, 2019 Colin Wareing News

THIS month the Canal and River Trust are replacing the top gates on Pagefield lock on the Leeds & Liverpool canal in Wigan. Here the

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