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------------------------------------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Askin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 9:40 PM Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Terry Streeter - you are our hero! On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 6:30 PM, Peter Stockdale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> At 3:30 we left Castlefield basin and headed up the Rochdale 9 â" > or at >> least we tried to â" it took all 5 crew plus an onlooker and > Jannockâs >> engine flat out to get the bottom gates open on the first lock. The >> cascade of water over the top of the top gates was more than the > lower >> gate paddles would let out and so we could not shift the gates. > >> > This particular lock does (unless it has been got at since I helped restore it) have a "bywash". I did refer it to an overfow weir as the excess water is channelled elsewhere than the pound below. Regards Pete
