Saving Newports Canal

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  • Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
  • Saving Newports Canal
    Achub Camlas Casnewydd
    A Walk Down the Crumlin Arm of the Mon and Brec Canal to see the ongoing works to clear the canal. From the End of the Works at Harry Roberts Bridge to the fantastic Fourteen Locks and the Mystery Lock. See the reed clearance, the locks being cleared and all of the other fantastic work by the volunteers and contractors.It's looking great!
    Taith Gerdded i Lawr Cangen Crymlyn o Gamlas Mynwy a Brycheiniog i weld y gwaith parhaus i glirio'r gamlas. O Ddiwedd y Gweithfeydd ym Mhont Harry Roberts i'r Pedwar Cloeon ar Ddeg gwych a'r Loc Dirgel. Dewch i weld clirio'r cyrs, y cloeon yn cael eu clirio a'r holl waith gwych arall gan y gwirfoddolwyr a'r contractwyr. Mae'n edrych yn wych!
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Комментарии • 45

  • @malcolmrichardson3881
    @malcolmrichardson3881 6 месяцев назад +9

    Great update on the remarkable progress in restoring this canal which as you say, runs through some stunning countryside. Newport Council and volunteers are doing an excellent job. Thank you.

    • @CourtAboveTheCut
      @CourtAboveTheCut  6 месяцев назад +3

      I’m really looking forward to covering some more, it really is a beautiful canal

  • @alanseward4979
    @alanseward4979 5 месяцев назад +4

    Well done to everyone involved in rescuing this part of history! Great job.

    • @CourtAboveTheCut
      @CourtAboveTheCut  5 месяцев назад

      They really have done a great job with more to come!

  • @1234j
    @1234j 6 месяцев назад +7

    Excellent video. Great progress. Thank you for your efforts,knowledge and super filming.

    • @CourtAboveTheCut
      @CourtAboveTheCut  6 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you for your kind comments and thank you for watching

  • @peterdite6725
    @peterdite6725 5 месяцев назад +2

    Great job!

  • @jonathanellis1842
    @jonathanellis1842 6 месяцев назад +4

    The side ponds, are needed because the small anti chamber between locks would probably not have the water capacity to fill or take from the locks so it needed the side pound to create a false - larger pound between each lock

    • @CourtAboveTheCut
      @CourtAboveTheCut  6 месяцев назад

      Is that the reason for the small section between locks? Just to feed that water back in? Rather than being a staircase. I know the reason for the pounds and keeping that water in but I couldn’t figure out why they wouldn’t build them as staircase locks instead

    • @jonathanellis1842
      @jonathanellis1842 6 месяцев назад

      @@CourtAboveTheCut no idea why, I agree with you, I can’t work out the reason for this and not just build a stair case locks such as was done at Grindley Brook on the Llangollen canal

  • @davidheap880
    @davidheap880 6 месяцев назад +3

    Great to aee such rapid progress. Great video as usual

    • @CourtAboveTheCut
      @CourtAboveTheCut  6 месяцев назад

      It’ll be interesting to see what’s done in the summer with the leaks

  • @martinmarsola6477
    @martinmarsola6477 6 месяцев назад +3

    An interesting video this day. The act of dragging all the vegetation from the canal basin, is a very important act. Keep the water flow, and limit the flooding possibilities. Thank you for this day’s video. Always informative and interesting. See you on the next Steve. 🇬🇧🙂👍🇺🇸

    • @CourtAboveTheCut
      @CourtAboveTheCut  6 месяцев назад +1

      If they spent more time maintaining the rivers and canals the extra capacity would do wonders to the current flooding issues of much of the UK. Thanks again for watching

    • @martinmarsola6477
      @martinmarsola6477 6 месяцев назад

      @@CourtAboveTheCut You’re probably correct, Steve. 👍

  • @kieljay1
    @kieljay1 Месяц назад +1

    Great video . Use to play around there in my childhood

  • @paulturner7837
    @paulturner7837 6 месяцев назад +5

    This looks very promising, beautiful area 👍 didn’t realise how much had been done already

    • @CourtAboveTheCut
      @CourtAboveTheCut  6 месяцев назад

      Neither did I until I was messaged by someone involved. It’s looking really good

  • @bobsrailrelics
    @bobsrailrelics 6 месяцев назад +3

    Great update, I am heading down there in the summer for a video so will keep you updated. BTW the Crumlin arm was used to ship iron from Newport docks to Crumlin to build the viaduct.

    • @CourtAboveTheCut
      @CourtAboveTheCut  6 месяцев назад +1

      I've seen pictures of that, It looks well cool, it's a shame it's no more! It may add an interesting side to the video when I do up that way though. I was told there was a mine disaster further up as well?

    • @bobsrailrelics
      @bobsrailrelics 6 месяцев назад

      @@CourtAboveTheCutThere were a number of mine disasters around that area. The biggest was Sengynedd but that was in a different valley. I'll have a dig and message you.

    • @CourtAboveTheCut
      @CourtAboveTheCut  6 месяцев назад +1

      @@bobsrailrelics I think I found the memorial on google maps, I can’t remember the name though, I’ll have a look as well

    • @paulralph2336
      @paulralph2336 5 месяцев назад +2

      ​@CourtAboveTheCut I think the disaster you are talking about was the Prince of Wales colliery in Abercarn where the water from the canal was used to flood the burning mine, I believe that was the case.

    • @CourtAboveTheCut
      @CourtAboveTheCut  5 месяцев назад

      @@paulralph2336 possibly, I’ll do some reading, thanks for the tip

  • @25mileswest86
    @25mileswest86 6 месяцев назад +2

    Brilliant amount of work gone on here Steve, thanks for the update. Loving being able to see more of the structures true forms at last.

    • @CourtAboveTheCut
      @CourtAboveTheCut  6 месяцев назад

      No worries, there’s a few groups dotted up the canal, there’s a group called bridge 46 to five locks which seem to get a lot done, I’m going to cover it in the next few weeks

  • @PCMenten
    @PCMenten 6 месяцев назад +2

    It will be fun to test your theory about empty and laden boats using opposite sides of the lock when it is returned to service.

    • @zz789
      @zz789 6 месяцев назад

      I don't know whether the 'shelves' are wide enough to take a boat.

    • @CourtAboveTheCut
      @CourtAboveTheCut  6 месяцев назад +1

      @@zz789they are easily, they are as wide if not wider than the middle of the lock.

  • @01jvb
    @01jvb 6 месяцев назад +7

    It would have helped at the beginning of the video if you had explained where you are, i.e. Newport, south Wales, to avoid confusion with Newport in Shropshire.

    • @MsVanorak
      @MsVanorak 6 месяцев назад

      yup - i didn't get it until the m4 was mentioned but not everyone will know that offhand

    • @CourtAboveTheCut
      @CourtAboveTheCut  6 месяцев назад

      I have done videos on the Shrewsbury and Newport and my original thumbnail had Mon and Brec on it for that very reason but I changed it early on Saturday morning and I forgot to add the text again! Sorry to disappoint you

  • @hawke2646
    @hawke2646 5 месяцев назад +1

    I was part of a team that rebuilt bettws lock gates

    • @CourtAboveTheCut
      @CourtAboveTheCut  5 месяцев назад

      There’s lots of clearance work going on that way at the moment

  • @annarboriter
    @annarboriter 6 месяцев назад +2

    Is it easier to clear our reeds from a watered canal or a dry bed? Do you have a webllink which explains the standardized lock gates and the retrofitting into original locks?

    • @CourtAboveTheCut
      @CourtAboveTheCut  6 месяцев назад +1

      I’d say so as you can cut them whilst pulling out of water the roots are really long and tangle up.
      No I don’t I’ll have a dig later and see what I can find

  • @NectarineSoup
    @NectarineSoup 5 месяцев назад +2

    Colour me intreagued. But you keep saying mystery lock? What's the mystery?

    • @CourtAboveTheCut
      @CourtAboveTheCut  5 месяцев назад

      It’s debated why it’s built the way it is, this is actually my second video on the area my first video talks more about it. I’ll pop a link below

    • @CourtAboveTheCut
      @CourtAboveTheCut  5 месяцев назад

      ruclips.net/video/DKV071aIdpE/видео.htmlsi=ya66zyW0HDBgMgM3

  • @NectarineSoup
    @NectarineSoup 5 месяцев назад +1

    Was the canal/river that the canal was originally part of, diverted when they closed that length of canal? How will they refill that branch?

    • @CourtAboveTheCut
      @CourtAboveTheCut  5 месяцев назад

      Which river are you referring to? The Usk is the river in Newport but the canal dropped into a dock which was then connected to the Usk and Severn. The main canal wasn’t a river navigation, there’s always parts on canals that have a river/stream drop in and out of them so small sections are technically classed as rivers but I’m not sure on sections on the Mon and Brec

  • @daidavies6210
    @daidavies6210 5 месяцев назад +2

    Newport is beyond saving …😂. Jessica Morden MP has done nothing but destroy the City of Newport..

    • @CourtAboveTheCut
      @CourtAboveTheCut  5 месяцев назад

      It seems to be a recurring thing everywhere at the moment