In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes > >In a message dated 10/09/2007 20:31:43 GMT Standard Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >On these locks (only!) you can just knock the C-shaped >holding device off the spindle and let the paddle drop - they are >designed for this, and it saves a lot of winding. > > > >There appears to be the same type of paddle gear as Hatton at Calcutt. Do I >take it we can do the same thing there?
Yes and Stockton and all the odd locks between there and Hatton plus Knowle, in fact anything with 1930s widening project Hamm and Baker candlestick gear, but expect to be ticked off by various people who "know better" including some BW blokes. A word or two of caution though. You'll find the occasional one where the dashpot isn't working and the paddle will run down faily fast and others where the gear is sticky and needs help to get it right down. Cheers Guy - now if we could get a majority to leave gates open as well! -- Guy Morgan nb Virgo, WFB, Stockton GU Defend the waterways. Visit the web site www.saveourwaterways.org.uk
