268. Replacing canal lock gates using a boat crane

Every year, the Canal & River Trust replace a load of worn-out lock gates across the 200+ year-old canals of England and Wales. But how do you lift a 4-tonne chunk of wood out of its bindings, on a waterway, often with limited room to manoeuvre? With a crane on a boat, that's how...
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