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As you can see without the mesh the rubbish would be in places out of sight and hard to reach.
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As you can see without the mesh the rubbish would be in places out of sight and hard to reach.
"Too True" Joe, thank god for the guy who thought of putting up the mesh barriers!!:handclap:
Did anyone see 'fred the weatherman' on the box last night?
I missed it but was wondering if he actually went through the lock and tunnel's or was it just computer generated.
Great pics everyone! looks a lot better than the old bus station and that big grass square. Was down there one evening a few weeks ago and was sure i got a whiff of diesel or should that be a whiff of nostalgia.
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How about this for rubbish in the canal.Walking along the canal towards the pierhead today when I thought I saw a human leg sticking out from under this rubbish. On closer inspection it was a plastic bottle inside a sport shoe
It certainly looked quite real!!! I think the duck thought so too!!! Good Pic Joe.:PDT11
Joe, you couldn't nip back and get that trainee could you? I've got the exact same pair on now and that one looks like it's in better nick than mine!Quote:
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That trainer looks suspiciously like its still attached to the leg......:eek:
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The Salthouse dock is now ready to accomodate all the narrow boats that will be using the new canal link. There are power points,looking like parking meters all along the new jetties.
I think that you might get quite a few on special occasions but I can`t see very many on normal days.
In London, and elsewhere, they permanently moor up and provide homes for people. Not sure if they will allow that here. The best place for narrow boast is in excavated Toxteth and Harrigton Docks. Those quays should be reserved for visiting larger vessels.Quote:
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It looks like the levels of the docks would need to maintained pretty constant. That means impounding the docks by pumping in river water.
Great pics Ged, but why aren`t you in bed it`s gone 6 o`clock
Thanks Joe. You're right, I fell asleep at the wheel on the way home and now write this from my laptop in the Royal.
Couple of my pics in the Daily Post`s article on the canal link today
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This is the end of the channel it is now entering the dock water
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Walked along the full length of the canal link today.They have recently locked the Waterloo entrance but as I was going passed it was open so I took advantage of it
Great pics. Any reason they've given the bargemen that tricky looking curve to negotiate when it looks like it could all have been straight?
I think its because the Trafalgar Dock is not in line with the Princes Dock and the wanted to make use of the wall that was already in place. They have finished the course of the canal as all the contractors have left this part, All it needs now is some landscaping and Peel to build some of their buildings on the vast area of waste land.Quote:
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Cheers Joe. From an overview, it Just looks like they could have veered the canal to line up on a straight line given the length they had to play with. Great pics. :PDT11
They want to steal as much land as possible between the river wall and a East Waterloo Dock, filling in West Waterloo Dock. They can always infill into the river to gain land for a cruise liner terminal or whatever, so why infill the existing docks?Quote:
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The pictures graphically illustrate the amazing levels of land acquisition by stealth that has been gradually implemented over the years. Most of that vast expanse of land seen was water space at one time - and too long ago either - with large ships, and small tugs and barges. Well all of it was originally water as all the docks apart from Stanley and a parts of Herculaneum were built onto the river.
Peel have all the land on the landside of the Dock Rd to build upon - the eyesore ramshackle little business there, which should be moved to purpose built business parks anyhow.
What they are doing is very wrong.
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This is where the boats will leave the canal into the Trafalgar then through the gap to the Salisbury then the Collingwood then under the road bridge to the Stanley then through the tunnel into the four locks then its homeward bound
I've come a bit late to this thread and I'm rather perplexed. What is
the actual width of the Link - it doesn't look very wide to me, especially if it
becomes as popular as people are hoping it will be. And that bend - I share
Ged's puzzlement and apprehension! I think the project is certainly deserving
of praise but have forebodings about it if it turns out to be too successful for its
own good. What if a huge number of L&L boatowners decide to head for the
Pier Head on the opening day to admire it - and want to stay for a couple of
days?
Stan H.
Some boats can do a rat run through the Brunswick or Canning river locks and across the river to the Manchester Ship Canal or down to Widnes and into the canal there. Not advisable with long narrow canal boats though - and many foolishly do it.Quote:
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The canal does look too narrow. There is also a height restriction too. Larger boats can also go through the Langton river locks (expensive to pass through), down the river and into the Canning Dock river locks. MDHC want to seal off the docks at Wellington Dock completely to isolate the commercial section and the WHS, so this route may not be an option. This would mean the whole docks length from Brunswick to Seaforth cannot be navigated by craft.
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This is the view from the canal
I'm sure not all of the canals in the countryside have a really nice view and imagine travelling past the liver buildings in the sun :) Although I just can't see alot of the boating brigade enjoying a drink in baby blue (no offence meant)Quote:
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It would be better if the canal was mainly dock water space, and was filled with deep water vessels of historic, visiting and tall ships. ships for small boast to sail through.Quote:
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Instead we have an inland country boat canal where deep water vessels were. What a shambles. What an insult to the history and heritage of the city.
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Came across the British Waterway`s barge Aintree today laying marker bouys in the docks to show the boat people what course to take in the canal link,so I followed them to the Salthouse.
excellent Joe :handclap:
Thats what's missing from the photo of the Princes Dock lock - a pub!
And you could get a pint whilst waiting to get on the Isle of Man ferry.
That was a nice little cruise along the Canal Link you gave us there Joe -
you never seem to miss "la bonne occasion" and nearly always with good
weather too. Many thanks.
But I do still think they could have made it a little bit wider!
Stan H.
Joe is pic 4 a lock in order to change the water level, otherwise why narrow the passage from the original dock width?
does anyone know when/what day it is officially open?
Great photos Joe.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:
There was a couple of feet difference yesterday, Ged.Quote:
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Regarding the official opening, talking to the lads on the barge Aintree, it`s next Tuesday 24th at the Salthouse Dock They also told me the bookings to use the link,which has to be done at Wigan, is full for the first few weeks.
There is a maximum limit of 2 weeks stay in the Salthouse.
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This is my first pic yesterday,small bouys showing the passage for the boats in the Waterloo.The wall on the extreme right is where my brother and I used to do a lot of fishing in the Mersey
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After passing through Mann Island into the Canning Dock
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About to enter the half tide Canning Dock on the way to the Salthouse for an overnight stay
Cracking pics :handclap:
I am really made up with this Canal, I think it is the best idea Liverpool has come up with. The summer down there will be brilliant.
Great pictures GD!
( I think your after the lockkeepers job!)
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Liverbird coming out of Boundary St bridge
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Arriving at the locks
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Through the Stanley Dock
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Through the Salisbury and into the Trafalgar
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Into the channel heading for the Prince`s Dock
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"Made it Ma" Berthed in the Salthouse.They beat me there cause I`ve only got little legs
:handclap::handclap::handclap: Fan....bloody....tasic!!
Joe, what do u use for the vivid colours on your images?
Glad we at Yo! have been with this from start to end, cheers everyone: :handclap:
A ?22m project in Merseyside to link a city centre to the UK's 2,200 mile canal system is to open later.
The canal link, which is one and a half miles long, runs into Liverpool past historic sites including the Liver, Cunard and Port of Liverpool buildings.
Tourism leaders hope it will generate 200,000 extra visitors a year and be worth about ?1.9m to the local economy.
Boats will enter the city from the 127-mile long Leeds & Liverpool canal and travel into the heart of the city.
A spokesman for the city council said the new-look Pier Head area would be a "must-see destination",
Robin Evans, chief executive of British Waterways said the new stretch of canal was a boost to the renaissance of the nation's inland waterways.
He said: "Given that Britain's canal system was pretty much viewed as a lost cause, and was actively being filled in and maligned during the 20th Century, it's remarkable the way that the waterways have been reinvented for the 21st Century and that we're still building canals today."
Liverpool City Council leader Warren Bradley added: "The opening of the canal link is a significant day in the recent history of Liverpool.
"We want the new-look Pier Head to be a must-see destination for visitors to the city and the new canal will add life and vibrancy to our waterfront."
BBC Liverpool
I'm sure there will be plenty of business opportunities along the new stretch!
Any Echo sellers fancy a pitch? :PDT11
I like the 'corpy green' use on the 'Liverbird' reminds me of the Atlantean buses and our tenny stairwell. :)