At the local BW UGM last night in Lapworth Tony Harvey the West Midlands manager said it was actually a valve in the bottom (unknown to them) alongside a weir. It had a brick walled culvert with two side walls covered over with elm boards (the remains thereof lost with the water's exit). They have/will 'repair' it by filling it in with concrete! Obviously they no longer needed the (unkown) valve on this section. To be fair I guess that modern portable pumps can empty a section that was once quite difficult to do with a hand operated pump before portable steam pumps were common. The good news is that the nearby puddling clay is in excellent condition apparently. The leak was promptly detected over the weekend by their SCADA water level monitoring system.
--- In [email protected], Brian Dominic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [Default] On Tue, 20 May 2008 07:42:57 +0100, "Bob Wood" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> finished tucking into their plate of > fish, chips and mushy peas. Wiping their mouth, they swiggged the last > of their cup of tea, paid the bill and wrote:: > > >2008/5/20 Steve Heaven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > >> Anyone know any more about this? > >> > >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7409472.stm > > > > > >Waterscape <http://www.waterscape.com/things-to- do/boating/stoppages/results?waterways%5B%5D=106&start_day%5B% 5D=20&start_month%5B%5D=5&start_year%5B% 5D=2008&endPeriod=all&end_day%5B%5D=20&end_month%5B%5D=5&end_year%5B% 5D=2008&submit=+Find+Stoppages+> > >has less to say about it than the BBC: > > > I thought the BBC report was really informative - it's apparently an > elm plug used to drain the canal for maintenance which has failed and > BW are currently assessing what needs doing, and putting a dam in > place so water levels can be restored. What more could you want? > > Brian L Dominic > > Web Sites: > > Canals: http://www.brianscanalpages.co.uk >
