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Walsall Lock 8 Top Gate Replacement
Winter is the time for British Waterways to close sections of the canal for repairs and maintenance work. Locks 6 and 8 of the Walsall Flight on the Birmingham Canal Network (BCN) are both closed this week for replacement of the top gates. The photos are of lock 8 (lock 6 being very similar). The work was nearly finished when I visited. The red crane had already been used to lift the old gate out and to lift the new gate into position. 
The security fencing is to deter vandals, while the scaffolding round the edge of the lock is to make the site safe for the workers. The pound above the lock had been drained so the area around the top gate was (almost) dry for them to work and so they could see and access all the parts normally underwater. They had the gate moving freely and were just trimming the edge to make a tight fit against the stonework of the lock wall. 
They were going to fill the pound in the afternoon to check for leaks before making final adjustments to the gate. Then all that remained was to tidy the site and remove the scaffolding and fencing. From the Monday morning start to the Friday afternoon finish the locks were closed. With two teams working in parallel the flight would be reopened by Friday afternoon with new top gates on both locks 6 and 8 and the minimum of inconvenience for boaters. Posted on Friday, 30 November 2007 at 12:06 Comments (0) |
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