Mack, David wrote: > Ron Jones asked: > >> Which reminds me of some locks where the rotating long bar >> (on the lower >> gate) was square section and there was a sort of bolted but >> movable "spanner" one pushed up at the end to lock the bar >> (no rachet) - can't remember where I came across them, are >> they still around?, it might have been the S.Oxford (above >> Banbury, as we turned round there). This would have been >> early 80's. It stuck in my memory as one of the "spanners" >> slipped off causing the windless to spin and making a nasty >> mess of a friends knuckles. > > There used to be sliding spanner affairs on the Napton flight, but > they are long gone. I rather liked them - to lower the paddle you > wound it up a fraction, the spanner slid down, and you could then > wind the paddle down.
That'll be the ones then - it was a wet day, and the windless slipped in his grasp - boy do they whirl round when let go! Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near missesa at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
