We were able to resume our seemingly endless task of laying concrete to the base of the canal.
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Great progress was made with the continuing construction of the roadway along the top of the left hand canal bank which is nearing completion Summerhill.
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We laid more concrete and continued shaping the batter
to the marina side of the canal.
+ Green & Grounds WInter report
+ Fosseway Volunteer Day
A big cheer to Barry Parkes and Rick Walters for the completion of the Historic Bywash at lock 24, well almost.
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Removal of the Big Pipe got underway with the guys
moving about 20 sections per hour using a Telehandler on loan from
Finning at Cannock.
Work on the Concrete Canvas on the left hand bank has paused whilst we sort out a few minor technical problems with the grouting.
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And that finishes the base. There is still a lot of concreting to do in reinforcing the canal bank batter. But although time consuming this is not such a slog that the canal base proved to be.
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The top story of this blog has got to be the working of the clay in the winding hole. A 13 tonne JCB digger had been offered to us on free loan for a long weekend.
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At last we have completed the concrete reinforcing half way up the left hand canal bank batter, which is lined with Concrete Canvas.
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More big pipe sections were cut down to size, the cut
off portion being taken to Darnford Park.
+ Darnford Park Training Day
+ Summerhill Progress Report
The big news of this blog is that the missing sections
of the penstock have been replaced.
+ Green Team and Corporate volunteers at Summerhill
The A51 approach has become a 'no go' area, a sea of mud. However, to keep the job going we have had to do some serious 'mud wallowing'.
Green & Grounds Team Autumn Report
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