On 8 Oct 2008 as I do recall,
Steve Haywood wrote:
> 2008/10/8 jhar1945 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> >
> > Aesthetic arguments aside for the moment, I've often wondered what
> > power potential there is in the downflow on the Llangollen - 19m litres
> > a day, average 6' fall on about 20 locks (not counting Hurleston).
> > John
>
>
> I've often thought that too, I don't think a development there need
> neccessarily be unaesthetic either. After all, Horseshoe Falls was an
> industrial development once.
>
Come to that, the whole of the canal network was an industrial
development once: 'a raw and bleeding gash carved across the breast of
the English countryside' and a blight upon the landscape.
It's only a couple of hundred years and the introduction of newer
technology that have given it the current quaint patina....
--
Harriet Bazley == Loyaulte me lie ==
Anything can happen in the next half-hour....
