This last housing is rather clever, don't you think? A special invisible cover to keep off the rain. Cheap, too.
Braunston
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Well it was fine when we left home at 10 am but that was to soon change and
at times the road spray made driving pretty grim, however by the time we
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Nice collection. I often think we oht to create a web site where such things could be catalogued as photos. Other good candidates would be lock paddle mechanisms, overflow weirs etc.
I meant ought!
Great collection there Halfie. I was really looking for the invisible cover in the last one, but just couldn't see it! :)
I agree with Neil about the photography archive for this sort of photo collection.
By the way, and now I'm being serious, what are stop planks for? I know I could google it, but it's more fun getting a reply.
Halfie
You want to watch out or you could end up with a blog devoted to aqueducts!
Andy
Neil and VallyP, thanks. Stop planks are lowered into special grooves at a narrow part of the canal, such as at bridge holes or locks, to stem the water so that work can be done on the "dry" side of the planks.
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