Canal boat owner accidentally left locks open causing £3m worth of damage

Telegraph ^ | 7/9/2018

[Gamecock]

A canal boat user accidentally drained 200-year-old waterway - causing £3m worth of damage - after leaving locks open. Water ended up gushing down the Shropshire Union Canal, washing away the banks and leaving a huge gaping hole in the waterway.

Trees along the canal were torn from their roots, hundreds of fish died

The affected stretch had to be closed, meaning boats could not travel along that bit of the canal.

About 15 boats were stranded and more than 10,000 fish were rescued, but many more died when they were washed on to dry land.

[deport]

Telegraph Reporters
7 SEPTEMBER 2018 • 7:00AM
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And that info was from the article dated....
7 September 2018....

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/07/canal-boat-owner-accidentally-left-locks-open-water-surge-caused/

[foreverfree]

I see.

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[foreverfree]

I'm with you on that one.

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[Hot Tabasco]

This one leaves me scratching my head.....???????

[freedomlover]

The Culprit

[outofsalt]

"more than 10,000 fish were rescued, but many more died when they were washed on to dry land"

[Big Red Badger]

And Kramers Safe,,,
That didn’t get Locked!

[wideminded]

See #29.

Sounds like maybe it was just the valves or sluice openings at both ends that were left open, not the gates, but the downstream canal could not handle the continuous increased flow without overflowing, which caused the damage.