Kier for canal and rivers trust contractor. Early reports said that a 70 metre section of an embankment on the middlewich branch of the shropshire union canal between wardle lock and.
Our emergency engineers were on site all night dealing with the breach and the canal is currently drained between stanthorne lock and wardle lock on the south side of middlewich town centre a distance of just over three quarters of a mile.
Middlewich canal breach. Our teams have detected an issue with the offside tail gate at lock 2 stanthorne lock on the middlewich branch of the shropshire union canal. Emergency appeal launched following breach on the middlewich branch of the shropshire union canal we have launched an appeal for funds following a breach on the middlewich branch of the shropshire union canal on thursday 15 march which swept away a 70 metre section of the 200 year old canal. Lock 2 stanthorne lock middlewich branch shropshire union canal 30th jul 2020 9 00am onwards.
Kier as main contractor for crt immediately appointed cpc civils who have experience working. The collapse is affecting part of the canal which leads to an aqueduct over the river near nantwich road in middlewich cheshire. Emergency response middlewich canal breach client.
The canal breach wasn t caused by an embankment collapse but by a tsunami of up to 3 million gallons of water sweeping down from the lock above where all four paddles had been left open. The middlewich branch connects the trent mersey canal just south of middlewich town to the shropshire union canal at barbridge junction a distance of about 10 miles. Work has started on the next phase to repair the breach at middlewich on the shropshire union canal after a giant 12m deep hole was left in the canal bank in march.
In march 2018 part of the shropshire union canal middlewich branch collapsed and caused a gaping whole and an entire stretch of canal to drain. 16 march our emergency engineers were on site all night dealing with the breach. Canal breach at middlewich a section of the shropshire union canal has collapsed causing water to drain into the river wheelock and leaving up to 20 boats stranded.
A 30ft section of the shropshire union canal collapsed causing water to drain into the river wheelock leaving up to 20 boats stranded. Constructed in 1827 it is nearly 200 years old. The towpath has also been closed along this stretch.
Diggers at middlewich breach paddle gates on the locks which allow water into the canal had been left open by a member of the public which caused the canal to overflow. The middlewich branch of the shropshire union canal is located in cheshire in the north west of england and runs between middlewich where it joins the trent and mersey canal and barbridge junction where it joins the main line of the shropshire union canal it is 10 miles 16 km long and was planned as part of the chester canal which was authorised in 1772 but the company ran out of.
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