On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:55:31 -0000, "Peter Stockdale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>There is also the water usage factor to take in to account. Indeed - especially on a long flight > >I wonder what would have been the procedure in the good old days when >a pair of motor and buttys met at a lock. >I suspect that one pair would pass through and then the other. >It would involve less work using that method. And when the canals were better maintained - with side weirs, well dredged canals meant more water in pounds etc etc on some flights - the time taken to turn a lock around would have been very quick. -- Malcolm
