The Union Canal failed in a similar way in August '20 due to torrential rain. The canal topped the towpath and failed at a culvert. The only time I've seen a canal flow like a river. The adjacent Edinburgh & Glasgow railway line was flooded and out of use for 6 weeks.
Old systems are going to fail in time. It is good to know than the slit and garbag are cleaned out of the channel then repairs and new replacement materials put in . Making it better than was and ready for the next 100 years of service.
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?
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The Union Canal failed in a similar way in August '20 due to torrential rain. The canal topped the towpath and failed at a culvert. The only time I've seen a canal flow like a river. The adjacent Edinburgh & Glasgow railway line was flooded and out of use for 6 weeks.
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Old systems are going to fail in time. It is good to know than the slit and garbag are cleaned out of the channel then repairs and new replacement materials put in . Making it better than was and ready for the next 100 years of service.
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?
Is there a general agreement on the causet? i.e. was there a single weak spot or a generally weak embankment for a significant distance?
I believe it collapsed at an overflow point where the canal went over Hyndburn brook. The towpath is not maintained and is very exposed at this point.
All this, just to find one watch that the president of canals dropped. 😏😆
So what is this a drainage ditch irrigation ditch sewage ditch what ?
It was an overflow point into Hyndburn brook