| Update on collapsed Bridgewater Canal Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 02:31, 4th January 2025 |     |
| Re: Update on collapsed Bridgewater Canal Posted by Richard Fairhurst at 13:29, 4th January 2025 | |
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.
| Re: Update on collapsed Bridgewater Canal Posted by Oxonhutch at 13:50, 4th January 2025 | |
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.
| Re: Update on collapsed Bridgewater Canal Posted by Red Squirrel at 09:26, 5th January 2025 | |
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…
| Re: Update on collapsed Bridgewater Canal Posted by Oxonhutch at 11:01, 5th January 2025 | |
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?
| Re: Update on collapsed Bridgewater Canal Posted by Mark A at 11:30, 5th January 2025 | |
There's a bit of an essay on the Egertons, here.
Mark
https://dukesandprinces.org/2020/05/01/dukes-of-bridgewater/
| Re: Update on collapsed Bridgewater Canal Posted by Red Squirrel at 22:20, 5th January 2025 | |
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.
| Re: Update on collapsed Bridgewater Canal Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 22:29, 5th January 2025 | |
An update from YouTube, regarding the Bridgewater Canal collapse: see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lN7NlfLtoc
It's about 30 minutes long - but this is their home, for goodness' sake.
