On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 18:01 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It was abandoned in 1878, following a decline that set in in the 1850s with > the opening of competing railways. > The structures we saw, particularly the lock at Midelney, seemed to be in remarkably good condition for something abandoned over 120 years ago.
The lock at Thornley was being used as a sluice so presumably the EA keep it maintained. The one at Midelney the water just flows straight through but the lock sides looked to be in better condition than many of the locks on the main BW system. The Midelney lock is here: <http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf? x=341655&y=123620&z=3&sv=341655,123620&st=4&ar=Y&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf> the Thornley one is here: <http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf? x=342910&y=122655&z=3&sv=342910,122655&st=4&ar=Y&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
