A NEW system has been developed that could help with the dredging of the waterways, and save costs.
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A BOATER on the Rochdale Canal yesterday (Tuesday) half opened a gate on Black Pit Lock at Hebden Bridge when the retaining collar fractured causing the gate to drop and rest on the floor of the lock, writes Brian Holmes.
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WORK has now started on the breach on the Caldon Canal near its terminus at Leek which occurred in November.
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BOATERS who cruise the Middle Level are protesting against the Environment Agency for its refusal to clear a small length of the Forty Foot to allow access to and from the Old Bedford River, Alan Tilbury tells us.
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A NARROWBOAT was broken into as it was moored on the Market Harborough Arm at Foxton below the locks.
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INSTEAD of the odd windless and rubbish, workmen dredging the Ashby Canal were amazed to dredge up two silver chalices and a silver plate.
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A £100,000 project aimed at enhancing Fradley Pool and developing interactive installations explaining it's natural and historical significance is set to be unveiled on Wednesday 7th April.
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THERE are two chances to walk part of the route of the planned
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KEITH AYLING died on the morning of Wednesday 30th March. This was a year to the day since he stepped down from being the Chairman of the Chesterfield Canal Trust. He became a Vice-President and remained very active.
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THE old wood and corrugated steel fence which doubled as a retainer for the T.B. Morris scrapyard and rubble reclamation works, has been removed on the towpath South of Moor Lane Bridge Loughborough.
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