Made in 1902, this cast-iron winding station for raising and lowering a lock's ground paddle has been used continuously for almost 125 years.

Will it be in use in another 125 years? Can the Canal and River Trust, which is currently responsible for canal maintenance, survive without government support?

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📍: Bromford Bridge 2, Bromford Lane
ℹ️: road bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.5098325851708&mlon=-1.83357294944403#map=17/52.5098325851708/-1.83357294944403
📸: Photo by ell brown on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39415781@N06/39668890773

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📍: Bridge 1, Norbury Junction Bridge
ℹ️: towpath bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.8024964648477&mlon=-2.30795950288443#map=17/52.8024964648477/-2.30795950288443
📸: Photo by tj.blackwell on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/8185633@N07/4991471876

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Wet season on the canals

https://youtube.com/shorts/uGCPTbJ5rnI

#waterways #britishwaterways #grandunioncanal

📍: Bridge 15, Malthouse Lane Bridge
ℹ️: road bridge
🗺: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.3646724700918&mlon=-1.83482125981359#map=17/52.3646724700918/-1.83482125981359
📸: Photo by ell brown on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39415781@N06/49984449373

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12 years of tory government has left us this mess. I will be 74 before the government now expects the waterways of the uk to be clean.

#cleanourrivers #DEFRA #britishwaterways #britishrivers #torycrisis

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/22/target-date-for-cleaning-up-waterways-in-england-is-moved-back-by-36-years