New Canal Link

[Ged]

I wonder why it bends at all, unless it's for aesthetics.

[danensis]

Of course the Leeds and Liverpool canal was not built for the 70ft narrowboat of the midlands canals, but for the Leeds Shortboats, which were 56ft long and 14ft wide.

One of those would certainly make a mess of some of the plastic toys that some people sail on the canals these days.

John

[wsteve55]

Originally Posted by Ged

I wonder why it bends at all, unless it's for aesthetics.

Why, has someone hurt themselves?

[potter]

I say, could you picture the longboats getting stuck on that bend and some of the helmets with the long horns getting stuck in the tunnels? Gosh that would be a sight. I think the Scousers would win that battle right off. ha ha

[buggedboy]

I think the the south side of the canal will be opening soon. They are erecting new barriers towards the river, suggesting they will be opening up the completed spaces.

[Kev]

Oct 27 2008 by Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo

THE first phase of an £8m scheme to revamp Liverpool’s World Heritage waterfront will be officially opened this week.

The Pier Head has been closed since December 2006.

From tomorrow, access will be reopened along new paved and landscaped areas in front of the Three Graces.

Two basins on the Leeds-Liverpool canal link to the Albert Dock will be filled with water.

It means for the first time in more than a century boats will be able to navigate the 127-mile canal into the heart of the city, although they will not be able to travel along the stretch of water until early in 2009.

[marky]

Last night:











SS Arandora Star Plaque. I hadn't seen this plaque before.

[gregs dad]

The area in front of the Liver Buildings as the canal link nears completion

[gregs dad]

The last lock on the canal berfore it enters the Stanley Dock to continue to the Albert Dock.