Andrew J Instone-Cowie wrote: > Ray Butler wrote: >> The lift bridges should hold no terrors for single handers - I >> managed them fine on [Owl] 2 Octobers ago. >> >> Almost all of them AFAIR work either on a granny paddle / windlass >> arrangement or (Wrenbury Mill) electrically with an elsan key. >> >> Wrenbury Church (?) lift bridge was in original condition - Chain >> operated - but out of action, as was the one on the Prees Branch. >> Banbury stick may be needed for these. > > Last summer, Wrenbury Church lift bridge (the one on the Hurleston > side of Wrenbury) had been rebuilt and was windlass operated. The > lift bridge on the Llangollen side of Wrenbury, which had been fixed > open for as long as I can remember, had been removed.
AFAIK the only chain one left is the one at the start of the arm where we moor (Prees Branch) - Allman's Bridge - and it does need quite a tug. It's a listed structure, so it will stay as a chain pull. Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein
