Admit leaking gate emptied pound
Published: Friday, 15 October 2021
WITH a paddle left open on a Huddersfield Narrow lock Canal & River Trust admit it was the leaking gates that caused an half emptied pound above.
Prevented navigation
It was the towpath side head paddle that had been left open on Ramsden Lock (14E) and the leakage through the tail gates half emptied the pound above preventing navigation yesterday, Thursday.
Once alerted, the trust team closed the paddle but it being a fairly large pound that had been drained told that it would take significant resources to refill.
This means part of the canal will be starved of feed and will also begin to drop causing delay.