On 28/06/07, Mike Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
There have been a number of breaches on the Llangollen in my memory, and > they always need to culvert the water because of the canal's water supply > function. I know there was one in 2004, and some more dramatic ones > rather > earlier, in the 1980s I think - certainly before we first cruised it in > 1989 because I remember looking at where it had been repaired. > > Then this must be earlier. I the whole length from Trevor to Llangollen was dewatered that Christmas. My pictures essentially show a 'road' being built, the canal in parts just a deep trench cutting through the woods. Other pictures show the bed of the canal laid in concrete with masses of reinforcing rods /shuttering emerging from the edge. One picture shows work at a more complete stage, with the cuvert completely built inside the trench, but with no backfill work completed so that there's a gap of 3-4 feet wide between the concrete edge and the embankment. One - not very good - is of the dewatered aqueduct. Interesting stuff. Steve [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
