It has been some time since my last blog, this is due to a really heavy workload of filming. It is not only the blog that has been neglected, there are a hundred and one jobs that need to be finished at home and the car is begging for some TLC. But the cameras never stopped rolling!
Over the last few months a great deal of my time has been spent on the North Walsham and Dilham canal. The progress on the waterway has been nothing short of astounding. Since my last blog in June 2016 two of the spillways have been restored and the lower gates at Bacton Wood lock have been manufactured and installed. Each gate weighs a little over four tons and is built to tolerance of a few millimetres, quite an achievement in itself.
The gate project took nine months from manufacture to installation. There are still outstanding tasks to be completed before the gates are in full working order. But more of this later.
Restoring the Ebridge spillway was another major project running through the summer of 2017. The spillway was completely over- grown until it was re-discovered in 2005. This work has had to wait twelve years until The Old Canal Company and the NW&D canal volunteers were able to begin the restoration work. For two weeks in August the Waterways Recovery Group set up a summer camp to assist with the project. The recovery group travel all over the country to work on canals.
The entire project took four months to complete.
Over the last twelve months literally thousands of tons of sub soil have been tipped along a two mile stretch of the canal to consolidate the banks. Some of this essential work was concentrated on the dry section between Royston bridge and Pigney's wood.
In spite of the wettest December for years, which produced the most appalling working conditions, the banks were completed in time for a visit from BBC TV. The crew recorded the re-watering event giving the canal some very welcome publicity.
Films of all three projects are being shown at the Atrium theatre.
Spencer Avenue, North Walsham. 7.00pm. April 24th 2018.
Every body welcome!
In my next blog I intend to re-visit these projects in more detail.
Over the last few months a great deal of my time has been spent on the North Walsham and Dilham canal. The progress on the waterway has been nothing short of astounding. Since my last blog in June 2016 two of the spillways have been restored and the lower gates at Bacton Wood lock have been manufactured and installed. Each gate weighs a little over four tons and is built to tolerance of a few millimetres, quite an achievement in itself.
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| Gates being manufactured |
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| Gates being lifted into position |
Restoring the Ebridge spillway was another major project running through the summer of 2017. The spillway was completely over- grown until it was re-discovered in 2005. This work has had to wait twelve years until The Old Canal Company and the NW&D canal volunteers were able to begin the restoration work. For two weeks in August the Waterways Recovery Group set up a summer camp to assist with the project. The recovery group travel all over the country to work on canals.
The entire project took four months to complete.
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| Trust volunteers installing the spillway timber frames |
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| Waterways Recovery Group laying bricks |
In spite of the wettest December for years, which produced the most appalling working conditions, the banks were completed in time for a visit from BBC TV. The crew recorded the re-watering event giving the canal some very welcome publicity.
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| A dumper with a load of subsoil |
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| The JCB consolidating the bank at Pigney's wood.. |
Spencer Avenue, North Walsham. 7.00pm. April 24th 2018.
Every body welcome!
In my next blog I intend to re-visit these projects in more detail.
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