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THE NORTHERN REACHES RESTORATION GROUP | |||||||
| "Restoring the Lancaster Canal to Kendal" | ||||||||
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Engineering Issues Issues for the restoration are the 6 culverts (including the 3 M6 culverts) 5 de-watered miles and the subsequent development of Kendal around the line of the canal. Re-connection of Hincaster Tunnel and water control issues are all significant. A radical alternative route at Peasey Beck is currently under discussion. |
An aerial survey, using a state of the art Light Detection and
Ranging System has been carried out which will assist the
restoration around (and under!) major obstructions, checking earth
structures and towpath levels and calculating excavation quantities. Modern engineering equipment will also be used to tackle the three major blockages cause by the M6 motorway. At all three obstructions the canal will be channelled under the motorway in a culvert. At Cinderbarrow Culvert this will involve the installation of a new lock to lower the water level. At Spinney Culvert, the crossing will be brought south by several hundred metres to reduce the water level and at Crooklands Culvert the canal will just be driven straight through the existing line. |
