EMERGENCY repairs have been taking place at Poolstock Lock No 2 on the Leigh branch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Wigan in a bid to reduce water leakage.
Stop planks and the safety fencing going into place around lock 87 on the Leeds & Liverpool canal in Wigan. The work to reduce water loss through the bottom gates is being carried out as part of the winter stoppage programme. This lock is the bottom one of the flight of locks that come down from Aspull above Wigan. The stop planks and the safety fencing are going into place around lock 87 on the Leeds and Liverpool canal in Wigan on the 5th of December 2022. The lock is being worked on to reduce water loss through the bottom gates. This lock is the bottom one of the flight of locks that come down from Aspull above Wigan. This work is a stoppage to the canal that was planned over the summer by the Canal and River Trust and published in their winter works programme to enable boaters to plan their boat movements. Image copyright Colin Wareing
Pipework from the pumps used to pump water around the lock had to be removed, as was the safety fencing and then a fibre dam that was in place below the lock.
The length of canal above the lock was due to be refilled with water and all the works checked before the lock reopened to boat traffic.
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Removing the pipework from pumps that had been used to pump water around the Poolstock Lock No 2 while one of the Canal & River Trust workboats is moored on the lock landing and the fibre dam waits to be removed. Poolstock lock no 2 on the Leigh branch of the Leeds and Liverpool canal in Wigan on the 5th of December 2022. The lock has been under repair to try to reduce water leakage through the lock gates since the 21st of November. The end of the stoppage to boat traffic was delayed slightly; it was due to finish on this Monday but over ran by a day or so. Here Canal and River Trust lads are removing the pipe work from the lock side that had been used to pump water around the lock while one of their workboats is moored on the lock landing and the fibre dam waits to be removed. The length of canal above the lock will then be refilled with water, all the works checked and then the lock will reopen to boat traffic, with hopefully the gates not letting as much water through as they had done previously. These works where a emergency stoppage, not listed on the planned schedule of winter works, but following the dry spring and summer it had become a challenge to keep enough water flowing to these locks to enable boat passage. Image copyright Colin Wareing
These works were not listed on the planned schedule of winter works, but following the dry spring and summer it had become a challenge to keep enough water flowing to these locks to enable boat passage.
