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Title: Update on collapsed Bridgewater Canal Post by: Chris from Nailsea on January 04, 2025, 02:31:50 From YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWE8KH-PqA8&t=17s): 30 minutes
As an ex-narrowboater myself, I feel every sympathy for them. CfN. Title: Re: Update on collapsed Bridgewater Canal Post by: Richard Fairhurst on January 04, 2025, 13:29:46 It's going to be an eight-figure sum to fix. Peel Holdings (who own the canal) can afford it, but I suspect they will try and get some money out of Government to do so.
There were negotiations a long time ago for British Waterways, as was, to take on the Bridgewater from Peel - I remember reporting on it for Waterways World. But BW were worried about maintenance liabilities and nothing ever came of it. I wonder if this might be a prompt to reopen that discussion. Title: Re: Update on collapsed Bridgewater Canal Post by: Oxonhutch on January 04, 2025, 13:50:49 Yes, the Manchester Ship Canal company (now Peel Holdings) had to buy out the Bridgewater Canal in the 1890s prior to the construction of the MSC.
Title: Re: Update on collapsed Bridgewater Canal Post by: Red Squirrel on January 05, 2025, 09:26:56 Slightly off-topic (as you might expect from me) but is anyone else bemused by the spelling of ‘Bridgewater’? It seems the Earls added the ‘e’ in the middle at some point…
Title: Re: Update on collapsed Bridgewater Canal Post by: Oxonhutch on January 05, 2025, 11:01:42 Slightly off-topic (as you might expect from me) but is anyone else bemused by the spelling of ‘Bridgewater’? It seems the Earls added the ‘e’ in the middle at some point… I am somewhat confused. The Duke of Bridgewater built a canal and named it after himself. From whence does your bemusement derive? Did the duke add to his own moniker at some point? Title: Re: Update on collapsed Bridgewater Canal Post by: Mark A on January 05, 2025, 11:30:48 There's a bit of an essay on the Egertons, here.
Mark https://dukesandprinces.org/2020/05/01/dukes-of-bridgewater/ (https://dukesandprinces.org/2020/05/01/dukes-of-bridgewater/) Title: Re: Update on collapsed Bridgewater Canal Post by: Red Squirrel on January 05, 2025, 22:20:55 Slightly off-topic (as you might expect from me) but is anyone else bemused by the spelling of ‘Bridgewater’? It seems the Earls added the ‘e’ in the middle at some point… I am somewhat confused. The Duke of Bridgewater built a canal and named it after himself. From whence does your bemusement derive? Did the duke add to his own moniker at some point? My bemusement comes from my assumption, confirmed in Mark A’s post above, that the Dukes and Earls of Bridgewater are in some way associated with the town of Bridgwater. Title: Re: Update on collapsed Bridgewater Canal Post by: Chris from Nailsea on January 05, 2025, 22:29:35 An update from YouTube, regarding the Bridgewater Canal collapse: see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lN7NlfLtoc :o
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