Entry: 15th April 2019 A different approach, with experience gained from the rebuild of Lock 15, is being adopted for rebuilding of Lock 14. We’ve dispensed with firstly building the walls with concrete blocks – deciding to go straight in with the bricks. The lock walls are built up 600mm at a time, the concrete […]
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Entry: 17th January 2019 Access road, bywash, dams installed and the lock pumped out, work could begin to clear the extensive amount of rubble and silt from the lock chamber. Stock fencing and gating along the temporary access road to the work site This lock was found to be in poorer condition than even that […]
Entry: 5th November 2018 With Lock 15 consigned to history, we’ve now taken root at Lock 14. Volunteers of the Waterway Recovery Group building the bywash Lock 14 GCS volunteers building storage bays for building materials The Waterway Recovery Group have held five, week long canal camps at Lock 14. Working alongside Grantham Canal Society […]
Entry: 1st July 2018 With the lock moorings completed, new top and bottom gates have now been fitted and we look forward to removing the stop planks, perhaps this week, returning the lock into water. The paddle gear has been fitted to the gates and ground paddle sluices. Work continues fitting lock furniture, i.e. hand […]
Entry: 11th March 2018 Stop planks have been fitted to the upper end of the lock, the temporary dam removed, and the canal is now in water up to the stop planks. Lock moorings are currently being built at the top end of the lock. Canal in water up to the stop planks, with […]
Entry: 29th January 2018W ith Lock 15 chamber complete and lock moorings installed at the bottom of the lock – it was time to install stop planks and remove the lower dam to allow the water back – a significant milestone! Volunteers, Ralph, John and Tony having fitted the lower stop planks – yes, that […]
Entry: 19th November 2017 It’s always a pleasure to welcome volunteers of the Waterway Recovery Group, who were with us for almost four weeks in August – we thank them for their support on this project 🙂 Canal and River Trust Heritage Trainees have also worked on the project, gaining valuable experience. Grantham Canal Society […]
Entry: 21st August 2017 When work is straightforward, it’s easy to make an impression – to look back at the end of the day/week, and see real progress. This was the case with rebuilding the lock chamber walls. Pouring concrete, laying new bricks and blocks of uniform size makes for rapid progress. Rapid? We’re just […]
Entry: 13th December 2016 Awaiting the last brick to be laid in rebuilding Lock 15 chamber walls – hope it fits… Good reason for jubilation – the final brick was laid yesterday on Lock 15 chamber walls! Our volunteers have been working every day, Mon – Fri, for just over a year. For around half […]
Entry: 23rd November 2016 We were pleased to welcome the Waterway Recovery Group on site at Lock 15 for almost the whole of July. Along with our own volunteers, much was achieved. offside chamber wall full height Nearing the end of November, we have the offside chamber wall rebuilt to full height. The nearside (towpath […]
