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Pennine Waterways
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Pennine Waterways
Huddersfield Narrow Canal
Channel between old lock and Queen Street Bridge
      
Old Lock 2E
Looking west towards Queen Street Bridge before work started.

Old Lock 2E
When work started, the canal was first filled in to allow access for pile driving machinery. The previous page shows pictures of the piles in the ground and the space between them being excavated.

Old Lock 2E
When the channel had been excavated to a depth of about 5 metres, a concrete base was laid. Concrete capping has been laid along the tops of the piles. The temporary hydraulic jacks which had been used to keep the piles rigid were replaced by steel stanchions.

Old Lock 2E
A view west along the channel to the bridge from water level. A steel mesh is to be fixed in place along the walls below the fenders. The recesses behind will be filled with stones and plants added.

Old Lock 2E
Looking east along the new channel.

Old Lock 2E
View from a boat looking west along the new channel from the original lock chamber.

Old Lock 2E
View from a boat approaching Queen Street South Bridge.

Next page: Queen Street South Bridge

My thanks to Costain Ltd for providing access to take some of these photographs.

    
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