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#CANAL

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Bobbing Boat

I'm below the Macclesfield canal breach on the Trent & Mersey. Between the breach and me are 12 locks plus the stop lock where the Macclesfield joins the Trent & Mersey.

A #StopLock was to collect tolls at the #junction of canals of different owners. For example, Gas Street Basin had a stop #lock where an act of UK parliament forced a junction. For 20 years, Birmingham Canal Network had refused access to Worcester & Birmingham #canal, so goods had to switch boats over 65 feet of land!

#boating
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Bobbing Boat

The Macclesfield Canal has broken through its bank. This is called a breech. Or is it spelled breach?

It's pants either way.

(That's a pun only Brits and Aussies will understand. Breeches are a type of trousers. The expression "it's pants" means "it's unpleasant". A breach is a rupture.)

For comparison, last year's Lancaster breach cost £1,600,000 to repair.

CRT will update us today:
canalrivertrust.org.uk/notices

canalrivertrust.org.ukNavigation and Towpath Closure: Between Crowholt Bridge 52 and Locketts Bridge 53, Macclesfield CanlDue to a leak in the canal bed, we have closed navigation and the towpath between Bridge 52 Crowholt Bridge and Bridge 53 Locketts Bridge on the Macclesfield Canal.Our teams are currently on-site installing stop planks to enable a thorough inspection of the leak. We are also contacting customers moored in the affected area.We will provide a further update on Monday, 31st March.
#CanalLife#canal#breach
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Alex

Only 300 signatures needed to get this #senedd #petition over the line: petitions.senedd.wales/petitio for background see: canalrivertrust.org.uk/wales/m #brecon #monmouthshire #canal #DwrCymru

Petitions - SeneddPetition: Preserve the unique character of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal for the future generations of Wales.The Mon and Brec is one of the most picturesque and tranquil waterways in the UK winding through Bannau Brycheiniog National Park and through many rural and later urban communities as it makes its way from Brecon, through Talybont on Usk onwards through Goytre Wharf towards Newport. It provides the lifeblood to residents and communities in its path and attracts approximately 3 million visitors a year who make significant contribution to the local economy enabling these communities to thrive.
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Jason Beets

From NBC News, "Trump White House has asked US military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say"

"Potential plans range from partnering more closesly with Panamanian security forces to a less likely option of US troops seizing the canal by force, US officials told NBC News."

nbcnews.com/politics/national-

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NBC News · Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials sayBy Courtney Kube
#US#USA#Panama
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Nigel Stanley

3/5 #infrared miscellany

Here's a footbridge across the Grand Union #Canal in Boston Manor (w London). It's "probably by Thomas Telford" - the great civil engineer - and dates from 1820. Cast at Horseley Iron Works near Birmingham.

It may have taken its name from a man found hanged in #BostonManor woods, c. 17th century.

#Konica35mmf2 lens on my #fullspectrum Sony A7ii.

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#590nm
#photography #blackandwhitephotography #naturephotography #ClassicMono

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Cara Bruar

#WordWeavers 24. Share the worldbuilding fact you’re most proud of.
I worked out the distances and elevations for an imaginary canal with locks that would run between Lake George and Yass. This was done in 2014, for a book I still have not finished, set in an alternate but not very different Australia, my Detective Jud Jeffreys series.
Back around the 1880s in real life there was a plan to run pipes more or less along this route and create a huge irrigation system spreading out west as far as Cootamundra. Silly idea.

Satellite image from Google Earth showing Lake George, New South Wales as a grey area on the right, with the escarpment and hills showing dark green from trees, and flat green areas further on the left showing the flatter valley of Brooks Creek. Yellow pins mark the location of the (imaginary) Brunel's Cut, an excavation through the escarpment at the location of the real life Geary's Gap. At the bottom of the image is a profile diagram showing the elevations of the cut. I imagine it would look something like the Corinth Canal if it was built.
Map background with the route of a proposed (imaginary) canal marked in black over the blue line of the (real) Yass River. Lock locations are shown as circles with distance from the last lock marked. I worked this out based on the slope of the terrain. Mostly it is quite flat.
#canal#worldbuilding#australia
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Tales From The Khlong

This account is dedicated to serendipitous discoveries around Bangkok's khlongs and beyond. Come with me, I'm taking you on a walk

Ce compte est dédié à la sérendipité guidée par les khlongs de Bangkok, mais pas que. Allez viens, je t'emmène en balade

#SurMonCanal #TalesFromTheKhlong #Khlong #Canal #Bangkok #Thailand #Thaïlande #photographie #photography #xpan #hasselbladxpan #Film #FilmIsNotDead #Analog #Argentique #panorama #streetphotography

EN: panoramic color photo, in landscape format, of a boat stop on the other side od a canal. The stop is a pier, on which tires are attached, with a steel roof. Two people, one dressed in white, the other in orange, are waiting. At the forefront, in the bottom right corner, a boat is leaving the frame from left to right, with seven people on board. FR: photo panoramique en couleur, format paysage, d'un arrêt de ferry de l'autre côté du canal. L'arrêt est une berge à laquelle sont accrochés des pneus et surmontée d'un toit en tôle. Deux personnes, une en blanc, l'autre en orange, attendent sur la berge. Au premier plan, en bas à droite, un bateau avec sept personnes, passe de la gauche vers la droite en sortant du champ
EN: panoramic color photo, portrait format, of a tall glass building on the other side of the canal. At the forefront in the bottom, you can see red flowers FR: Photo panoramique en couleur format portrait d'un grand immeuble en verre de l'autre côté du canal. Au premier plan, des jardinières avec des fleurs rouges
EN: panoramic color photo, landscape format, of the embankment on the other side of the canal. In the center, between two massive trees, stands a golden altar for the spirits FR: photo panoramique format paysage en couleur de la berge de l'autre côté du canal. Au centre de la photo, entre deux arbres massifs, un autel doré pour les esprits
EN: panoramic color photo, portrait format, of a stairway leading to a bridge going across a nook of the canal. The stairway is made of wood and the bridge of sheet metal, and a sort of abstract structure made of green metallic poles is on top. In the background, the perspective of the canal, with a white building on the left FR: Photo panoramique en couleur format portrait d'un escalier qui mène à pont enjambant un renfoncement du canal. L'escalier est en bois, le pont en tôle, et une structure un peu abstraite de poteaux métalliques verts surmonte le tout. À l'arrière-plan, le canal en perspective et un grand immeuble blanc
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