Various small works, including lock and wash wall repairs and dredging.
Various small works, including lock and wash wall repairs and dredging.
Lock 32w to Ward Lane, Diggle. Dredging and washwall repairs to short length of canal. Work completed April 2001.
On this aerial photograph, Ward Lane is seen cutting across the bottom right hand corner of the image with Lock 31w adjacent. Lock 32w is near the centre of the image and the entrance to Standedge Tunnel at the top left.
The pound between Locks 32w and 32w, off Ward Lane, Diggle, after the completion of works.
Lock 21w to Wool Road, Uppermill. Dredging and lock repairs. Work completed July 1999.
Work involved refurbishment of Lime Kiln (23w) and Dungebooth (22w) Locks including new lock gates and dredging of the complete section between the Saddleworth Museum and the Transhipment Shed, Dobcross. This includes the section of canal which was the first to be restored in 1981. The recent works enabled the Pennine Moonraker trip boat to continue operations.
This was the first Millennium Project scheme completed.
Lime Kiln Lock 23w restored showing gates made in 1999.
Another view of the completed work this time with the grand Saddleworth viaduct behind.
Frenches (Chew Valley Road) to High Street Bridge. Dredging and washwall repairs. Work started in February 2000 and following a suspension of operations during Summer 2000 was completed in March 2001.
This picture shows the dredging equipment that arrived on site in February 2000.
A start was made on dredging but work had to be suspended whilst arrangements were made for the disposal of the dredged material. Work restarted in September 2000 and is now complete Some dredgings have been taken to commercial tip, others to a new dredgings site at the end of Armit Road.
Mann's Wharf to Frenches (Chew Valley Road). Dredging and washwall repairs. Work started in February 2000 and following a suspension of operations during Summer 2000 was completed in March 2001.
This dredging and wash wall work has been done in conjunction with scheme 16 (Frenches to High Street).