IN ADDITION TO THE broken paddle on Gauxholme Middle Lock 23 last week, another has broken.

Lock16RochdaleThis time on Lob Mill Lock 16, Keith Gudgin reports.  Image by Pennine Waterways.

With Canal & River Trust telling this new one on Lock 16 has suffered paddle mechanism failure.

Stem detached

Its team have attended the site and found that the stem has detached from the paddle.

A repair plan is being developed.

There is no intimation that the Lock 16 failure has yet been repaired.