> AIUI, FMC steamers regularly used to push gates open. These boats
> > fenders against the gates relatively gently, and I also think this
> > was
> mainly done in locks with two top gates. I doubt it did/does much
> harm to gates.
>
.Of course at that time the locks from Braunston to Birmingham would
still have been narrow - and of course the steerer could be pushing on
the beam at the same time. The combination of steerer and engine could
have worked against quite a reasonable head.
>
> Adrian
>
Sean
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