Failure of single working lock paddle closes Wigan Flight
ALL too often now there is just one working paddle on lock gates causing stoppages.
The failure of the single working paddle on a set of lock gates on Lock 73 on the Wigan Flight closed the Leeds & Liverpool (again!) yesterday, Tuesday, when it broke off, so leaving the lock unworkable, Keith Gudgin reports.
Same situation
It was a short while ago that the same situation occurred at Wardle Lock at Middlewich closing the navigation, again as the single working paddle on a set of gates failed.
Though this is something that rarely occurred in the days of British Waterways, all too often a single paddle failure is ignored, so when the working one also fails as they do in this age of reduced maintenance, the navigation is stopped.
Canal & River Trust are expecting the paddle (just the one?) to be repaired and the lock operational again today.