On Fri, 2 Apr 2021 18:26:37 +0100, Andrew
wrote:

On 02/04/2021 14:25, T i m wrote:
On Fri, 2 Apr 2021 13:54:57 +0100, Andrew
wrote:

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No. British Rail tipped hundreds of tons of readymix into it back in
the 1960's where it goes under the Arun Valley railway line (which
prevents any hope of ever reopening it to boats).


So is it *that* it goes under railway that would prevent re-opening
for some reason ... because a bit of concrete has rarely stopped
tenacious volunteer engineers from re-opening all sorts of stuff
(locks / tunnels / cuttings etc?). ;-)

Cheers, T i m


The canal predated the railway which just infilled the canal
with spoil and went over the top. BR later 'improved' the
infill with ready mixed concrete. Opening the canal would only
be possible by dropping its level to such an extent that the
connections to the river at either end would be 'tricky'.

Ah, thanks.

Cheers, T i m