I featured an empty stop plank housing a few days ago. Here's a selection of different ways of storing stop planks on the Shropshire Union and Llangollen Canals.
This last housing is rather clever, don't you think? A special invisible cover to keep off the rain. Cheap, too.
Market Bosworth
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It was a bit blowy over night with lots of rattling on the roof, but
everything was still where it was left when I looked out this morning. I
don’t know ...
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5 comments:
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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