I'm in the US and I started watching CruisingTheCut which lead me to here. Fascinating stuff. Makes me jealous that we don't have something similar. The canals look lovely and peaceful.
I really enjoyed listening to the narration of this video. It seems this job went off without much trouble . I just finished doing one of these jobs that was nothing but trouble .
I come from David's channel Cruising the Cut and am very happy to see this progressing so nicely. Mostly because I'm happy for you, but also because I am now working towards cruising the cut myself in the second half of the twenties. :-)
@@LHCRT I'll cruise continuously, or at least I'll register that way. I'll likely go from marina to marina, with a few weeks of cruising before stopping for a month or so. Also, over winter and the summer holidays I'll be in a marina. The 20 miles minimum won't be a problem though. At least, that's the current plan. As this is at least 5 to 7 years in the future, who knows? Maybe I'll end up moving about all year round, though that's not overly likely knowing myself. What I do want to do is see all of the canals, including rivers and the smallest side cuts. That includes the Lichfield & Hatherton canal, I am looking forward to that roundabout tunnel David spoke about!
The rebuilding of the canal network is really quite inspiring. Please start off the next video with some maps, showing where in the UK, the detail of where now and where heading. When will this section of canal be in water?
Hi Roland. Take a look at the maps section on our website for now to see where we are and then I'll let Paul our video guru know about your suggestion. lhcrt.org.uk/mobile/mapsindex.html We can't say when this section will be in water. There's a lot more work to do and, as this is a middle section, we'd need suitable positions for stop planks at either end. We have lock 18 at one end but where the piling is being installed is a totally new section so there's lots to do before we have anywhere we can position stop planks. Sorry!
If I can express a concern... each time the machine picks up the next sheet piling from the stack the sheet is being dragged along the face of the sheet laying under it. My concern is that this dragging action is scratching the face of the sheet under it. Potentially damaging the qalvanized??? finish. I would hate to think that in a few years the sheet pile face starts to show rust where it was scratched. Don the carpenter from Canada
Yes, you are very correct, the pilings are pretty much not replaceable, while the rub rail would be easy to replace. Think Teflon pan, scratch once always contaminated, weak point. Cheers from San Diego
Hi John. It's narrow due to the amount of land available along this section. We're building in between the road and a farm. I don't think we've got a drawing handy but I'll see what I can find.
Great to hear that some of the old , disused canals are being restored and how sections that have literally been obliterated by later development are being re-aligned and re-engineered. Sad that many were shut down and filled in (and built over) but they were, back then, built for commerce, not tourism and leisure. Once they were no longer profitable... goodbye. The original owners and operators couldn't, in their wildest dreams, have envisaged their current use and popularity (and the industry supporting the new use... new boats built, service facilities for existing boats, marinas for off-season use, etc... new technology, all generating income that couldn't exist when the canals were shut down).
Good information regarding the installation process. One query though, was there not an alternative to using wooden planks to move the dolly from one sheet to another? The method shown seems a bit precarious should there be any sudden jolt to the plank or the workers on the plank. Also as there is no edge protection this poses a greater risk. I would suggest taking a look at the Working at Height Regulations 2005 or HSE guidance to check. Otherwise thanks for the information.
That's a difficult one. The answer is that if someone or some organisation gives us an estimated £40m it could be done in another five to ten years! But with limited ‘regular’ income, it’s impossible to answer. You can read more on our FAQ page: www.lhcrt.org.uk/faq.html
I'm in the US and I started watching CruisingTheCut which lead me to here. Fascinating stuff. Makes me jealous that we don't have something similar. The canals look lovely and peaceful.
Thank you!
Take a look at the Cotswold Canals restoration which has just won a Heritage lottery grant to connect it to the 2000 miles of canals in the uk
@@daejavue69 yes, we'd love to be next to get some lottery funding. Keep your fingers crossed!
It would be nice to see the Chesapeake and Ohio canal restored. Cycled it most days when I was working in Washington DC a couple of years ago.
Really very interesting to hear the narration from the Engineering Director! Fascinating. Well done to all!
Really interesting. A very well organised team effort.
Coming along nicely.
Brilliant idea....made it look so easy
I really enjoyed listening to the narration of this video. It seems this job went off without much trouble . I just finished doing one of these jobs that was nothing but trouble .
Very interesting ... thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great to see it is coming along, well done .
I come from David's channel Cruising the Cut and am very happy to see this progressing so nicely. Mostly because I'm happy for you, but also because I am now working towards cruising the cut myself in the second half of the twenties. :-)
Brilliant! Will you be continuously cruising or based in a particular location?
@@LHCRT I'll cruise continuously, or at least I'll register that way. I'll likely go from marina to marina, with a few weeks of cruising before stopping for a month or so. Also, over winter and the summer holidays I'll be in a marina. The 20 miles minimum won't be a problem though.
At least, that's the current plan. As this is at least 5 to 7 years in the future, who knows? Maybe I'll end up moving about all year round, though that's not overly likely knowing myself. What I do want to do is see all of the canals, including rivers and the smallest side cuts. That includes the Lichfield & Hatherton canal, I am looking forward to that roundabout tunnel David spoke about!
The rebuilding of the canal network is really quite inspiring. Please start off the next video with some maps, showing where in the UK, the detail of where now and where heading. When will this section of canal be in water?
Hi Roland. Take a look at the maps section on our website for now to see where we are and then I'll let Paul our video guru know about your suggestion.
lhcrt.org.uk/mobile/mapsindex.html
We can't say when this section will be in water. There's a lot more work to do and, as this is a middle section, we'd need suitable positions for stop planks at either end. We have lock 18 at one end but where the piling is being installed is a totally new section so there's lots to do before we have anywhere we can position stop planks. Sorry!
Inspiring effort.
just found this project, wishing you every sucess.
Thank you.
Brilliant!
Ingenious! Well done .
Top work everyone!.. looks nice..
Heavily zink coated to prevent rust?
Good work
Thank you!
If I can express a concern... each time the machine picks up the next sheet piling from the stack the sheet is being dragged along the face of the sheet laying under it.
My concern is that this dragging action is scratching the face of the sheet under it.
Potentially damaging the qalvanized??? finish.
I would hate to think that in a few years the sheet pile face starts to show rust where it was scratched.
Don the carpenter from Canada
I've fed this back to the team.
Yes, you are very correct, the pilings are pretty much not replaceable, while the rub rail would be easy to replace. Think Teflon pan, scratch once always contaminated, weak point.
Cheers from San Diego
Could we have an drawing of what this section will look like ? please explain why it got to be narrow at this point.
Hi John. It's narrow due to the amount of land available along this section. We're building in between the road and a farm. I don't think we've got a drawing handy but I'll see what I can find.
This may help: ua-cam.com/video/Jn6mHAILVQU/v-deo.html
good video
I heard on the video that this section is a bit narrow. Why is that? Not enough room to make it wider?
Yes that's spot on.
Great to hear that some of the old , disused canals are being restored and how sections that have literally been obliterated by later development are being re-aligned and re-engineered. Sad that many were shut down and filled in (and built over) but they were, back then, built for commerce, not tourism and leisure. Once they were no longer profitable... goodbye. The original owners and operators couldn't, in their wildest dreams, have envisaged their current use and popularity (and the industry supporting the new use... new boats built, service facilities for existing boats, marinas for off-season use, etc... new technology, all generating income that couldn't exist when the canals were shut down).
Good information regarding the installation process. One query though, was there not an alternative to using wooden planks to move the dolly from one sheet to another? The method shown seems a bit precarious should there be any sudden jolt to the plank or the workers on the plank. Also as there is no edge protection this poses a greater risk.
I would suggest taking a look at the Working at Height Regulations 2005 or HSE guidance to check. Otherwise thanks for the information.
Yes, we weren't aware that the team were doing that 😮
It will change from now on.
That piling is a super fast process! You guys have that down to a Tee 👍🏼👍🏼 do you guys have an estimated opening date for the whole canal??
That's a difficult one. The answer is that if someone or some organisation gives us an estimated £40m it could be done in another five to ten years! But with limited ‘regular’ income, it’s impossible to answer.
You can read more on our FAQ page:
www.lhcrt.org.uk/faq.html
Cruising the cut led me here
Why has this section been made just wide enough to nearly get two boats to pass, why not make it a bit more wider so two boats can pass with ease??
There's no room, it's been designed to be as wide as it can be.
The channel will be 5 metres wide so two 7 foot (2.14 m.) narrowboats can pass, but it will be tight. It's as wide as it can be.
So you all need ear defenders , ( except the gent right next to it on top of the bank )
I believe he was wearing earplugs, but it has been noted.
We are trying our best to get Barnsley council behind us to restore Our Canal network
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