> "Steve Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sorry but the fact of the matter is that the Watford end of the
> Leicester summit was never widened, therefore making it, rightly or
> wrongly, the preserve of the narrowboat.
>
> Not at all
> When Foxton is rebuilt there will be no reason why a wide beam
> couldn't come from the north wind above Watford and return.
> The only reason that Watford is as is, is because they ran out of
> cash!
Not so. For one thing the Grand Junction Canal Company forced the (Old)
Grand Union to build narrow locks, as they didn't want broad-beam craft from
the Leicester line coming on to their canal and making one-way working
necessary at Braunston and Blisworth tunnels. For another, those carriers
who were consulted when the plans were being drawn up gave the view thatg
most of the traffic wouyld be in narrowboats even if the locks were built
broad.
Mike Stevens
nb Felis Catus III - currently at Brookwood on the Basingstoke Canal
web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk
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