Visitors will get the chance to go behind-the-scenes tomorrow
credit as: Canal & River Trust / Stephen Garnett behind scenes at 'beating heart' of £58M restoration programme by canal charityThere will also be a chance to see the vast dry dock where boat repairs were once carried out.
The lock gates are built bespoke by the CRT and each is different, although the techniques for building them haven’t changed much in the last 200 years.Mr Turner said: “As the canals developed they were built at different times by different engineers in different parts of the country and they had their own design and how they should look and operate.
Locks can either be narrow or broad – the latter is twice the size of the other and allows two boats to pass.Mr Turner said: “Some canals were actually moved from being narrow to broad, the Grand Union from Birmingham to London was widened in the 1920s and 30s.AdvertisementMost of the gates are built of British oak – Mr Turner says it is “rare” now that they use tropical hardwoods.
"In terms of the joinery it is mortise and tenon joints, that style of joint hasn’t changed, it’s the strongest joint for that type of construction. Right back in the day it would have been cut by hand and now we use machines.”Everyone in the team has served apprenticeships as carpenters and joiners – but even someone who is experienced in their trade will still take a couple of years to get up to speed.
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