Engineering works on the Canal Lock

[@MartinZero]

Thank you to the Canal and River trust (CRT) and all then volunteers for a great day. Links to the CRT website: Twitter- ow.ly/IVOj50Qt1JF Facebook- ow.ly/AIGe50Qt1Ll Instagram- ow.ly/aMyR50Qt1LG

[@gbcb8853]

Martin and the Whitwewicks simultaneously uploading on a Sunday afternoon. Perfection.

[@MartinZero]

😃👍

[@bobjackson6524]

Just need Ant at Trk&Exp to catch up now. 🙌

[@garybrignell1831]

Good to see a new video Martin. Excellent mate as always . More on the locks and Canals please

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Gary

[@mileshigh1321]

Your right! Who doesn't like a canal! Some great history and Mike was very informative!

[@MartinZero]

Yeah he was a good resource and a nice bloke

[@martin4787]

Ellesmere Port is where I grew up till the age of eleven, when we moved to Trevor (Pontcysyllte Aqueduct). I used to play down where you filmed, running into to the Ship Canal and trying to not get wet after a ship passed. Happy days Martin, Roy, James and Gary and you brought back a lot of memories. Thank you to all of you 🙂

[@martinmarsola6477]

Thank you for the explaining video today. A look at the deep meaning of the locks were explained today for sure. Glad to see the team again today. See you on the next. Cheers Martin! 😊

[@Sestra_Prior]

What a treat! A Martin Zero vid 🙂

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Sestra 👍

[@petee19]

Fantastic video. So interesting to hear about how the shroppi went out into the River Mersey originally.Thank you.

[@franktuckwell196]

Having used those locks for a good many years, it always amazed me how very different some of the designs were and alwys good to see the bare bones, as it were, to learn about how, when and why they were built in the first place. Also for something that in theory should all be basically the same, are in fact all completely different from each other as conditions and situations all vary as to the lay of the land, amount and type of rock they were (blasted through with dynamite in some cases) and dug out from. Fascinating stuff, thanks for sharing once again.

[@danny2me70]

Nice to see you back Martin been a while

[@MartinZero]

Took a few weeks off 😃

[@Carolb66]

Glad to see a new video Martin! A Canal & locks video a fab way to spend a Sunday evening! Ive missed you! ❤😊

[@timwilliams3813]

I've followed your videos for a good few years now and I always find them fascinating. Your blend of fact, humour and commitment to get into every crevice is infectious. James cracks me up too- he's never that impressed with your adventures and seems more interested in what snacks you've got. Please keep up the good work. . . . :-)

[@jeffjones6107]

Nice to have you all back doing videos 👍

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Jeff

[@Wedgedoow]

Have seen recently another vlog of this museum, not quite the same as your in depth very informative video. Yours has put this place on the to visit list. Thanks for posting Pete & Lorraine

[@slimboyfat3306]

Excellent content as usual, Martin. I am so pleased that you included a visit to the museum and featured the diving equipment that was used on the Manchester ship canal. I have been trying to research any history of the divers who worked on the canal, as I did as a young man during the early 1980s. There is simply very little written or known about these men who played such a significant role during the history of the magnificent Manchester ship canal. The Ellesmere Port museum may well be the very place to recommence my search.

[@mattlund8170]

Good to see you all back for another video always fascinating watching these

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Matt

[@prillewitz]

Very interesting Martin, especially the historical aspect about the shipping canal which wasn’t there in the past! It’s a bit like Rotterdam which was very difficult to reach from the sea and took about two days to reach with a ship from the sea, going through different waterways. The “Nieuwe Waterweg” changed al this, quite some time ago, thanks to somebody with the bright idea to realise this.

[@jenbrignell5598]

Omg... missed you!... excellent video. Very informative 😊...perfect brew James 😊😊😊

[@MartinZero]

Hi Jen 👋🏼

[@spacecat7247]

Always glad to see your videos. I always think about the inner workings of things that people just pass right by. Thanks for the info as always. Cool stuff!

[@mkendallpk4321]

Wonderful job by Martin and company! Much appreciated. I loved the part where you were down in the lock. So interesting. Thank you to the Canal and Rivers trust for letting you do this.

[@stephen5608]

Great video, I went there when they had it drained a good few years back. Its great to see someone you don't see everyday

[@jayd1974]

Great engineering from back in the day👍

[@janemorgan154]

Very interesting thanks Martin and the lads

[@gerryegan4872]

Fantastic video guys really interesting we used to take our children to here when they were little. Great sights to see the canal Trust doing a great job maintaining the lock gates. Thanks guys..

[@daviespaulaann8913]

Great video martin and team...❤

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Thank you

[@brianaveriss7972]

Brilliant video Martin, so informative. Thank you.

[@Qugar666]

Thanks guys. . Great video, and allready looking foreward to the next. Cheers

[@susanlampshire639]

Great video Martin, of one of my favourite museums. Thanks for your explanations which were enhanced with the map footage. More canal action please 🙏 🙏 🙏

[@buffaloj0e]

Could have watched the museum tour for ages, probably as close as I’ll get to the place. Fascinating stuff, thanks Martin.

[@MarkJT1000]

Another great informative video Martin. You can't beat a good canal. As ever your use of maps, old and new, adds context and makes it all much easier to follow. Thanks.

[@countesscable]

A new Martin Zero video! Yay!!🥳 I’ve been waiting for this 😀

[@jetsons101]

I bet that HOT tea tasted really good on such a cold day. I'm always amazed on how complex "for the day" the infrastructure was. Built without the aid of computers and powered equipment, hats off to the workers. Looks like a great museum with a great staff. Thanks for your time, work and posting.

[@MartinZero]

That brew went down well 😀

[@jetsons101]

It was well earned....@@MartinZero

[@TheBigfella53]

very interesting thank you martin

[@MartinZero]

Thank you 👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Canals ! Love them , I subscribed thanks to the canal video with the plug hole 🕳️😆. Love seeing all the old engineering and of course the amazing brickwork . Built to last back then 😍🧱🧱🧱👍🏼💪🏽

[@ROBERTSCOIN]

Your video was really interesting to see and hear about it's alright for james to say it was alright he never lived during the 1960's where you get to see and appreciate the things in life like the steam emgines and the old diesel engines as well as other engines so by the time james came around everything was gone and all he can see is what used to be there and I think thats why he just says it was alright but thank you Martin for sharing that video of the by gone years and I can't wait to see your next video. keep up the great work Martin.

[@gregbolitho9775]

They do a bludy good job The Canal & River Trust. Been following them for about 6 years. The volunteers are pretty good. I get emails from them on a regular basis. Nice goin Martin, James, Roy and Gareth. Thanks m8s, keep up the good work, Stay vertical Eh!

[@garym3407]

A very enjoyable video and nicely explained as always. Nice one Martin 😊

[@lindamccaughey6669]

What a fantastic video. We don’t have canals in Australia. I would love to go down a canal on a boat think it would be great. Seeing the empty lock was fabulous. Loved it all thanks Martin. Please take care

[@746laurie]

Back in 1994 I won a canal holiday in a national newspaper competition. We ended up at Ellesmere Port, passing in and out of the National Waterways Museum dockyard through that very lock! Me and my crew of my wife, daughter, son and two of their friends (all teenagers at the time) had quite a moderate audience so we made sure we didn't make any mistakes!

[@adventuresinruby]

So pleased to see you all back. E/Port isn’t too far from me. If you buy a ticket it is valid for one year so you can go back as many times as you want in that year. I must go and check out if the locks are still closed. The museum is great and we loved to see all the narrow boats etc and the houses set up as they would have been. Thanks Martin, James and Roy, sorry I don’t recognise the other gentleman. Great video guys. Kath.

[@jamietattersall981]

Thanks Martin, i visited the museum about 20 years ago when i was about 10 year old and always thought it was in liverpool so could never work out where it was to re visit. Well a trip to Ellesmere port will be in order soon.

[@andrewmaurerandrew6801]

Quality as always top man keep them coming 👍👍

[@littlechris5656]

brilliant video so much history

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Chris

[@richardjohn7991]

Great Vlog Martin. Reminded me of the Hacienda Canal lock .Drain plug vlog .👍

[@dieselmanmike]

Great video again and getting people knowledgeable on the subject talking is always a great addition. That museum looks interesting too. 👍

[@ianhudson2193]

Brilliant stuff! Having been bought up round Oxford then living in Birmingham I've regularly been around canals..... .........school trips, walking and latterly pubs...... ......and yet, In what is approaching 60 years, I've never seen a lock drained.....😮

[@pilpelet100]

Good to see you checking out canals! Makes a change from underground! More please.

[@shirleylynch7529]

What a treat being invited to the drained canal lock.Glad I never saw any eels🙀. Very interesting documentary. Really enjoyed this. Just been out to buy some of your Yorkshire tea. Lovely. Thank you again for fab video.

[@aniwilliams3370]

I’ve absolutely *loved * that you’ve done this with Canal & River Trust - you were made for each other! I can’t remember if you did a trip through Stannage Tunnels with them … will have to go back through your videos! Loved this and you’ve inspired me to visit the museum now 💕

[@bpresolve]

Proper Job Martin, Bill from Western Australia. Well done Guys.

[@garethparr9482]

Great little video Martin. Always thought there’s something fascinating but slightly terrifying about locks and just how deep they are. Chances slim if you fell in with the vertical sheer sides!

[@lazyhazeldaisy9596]

Very interesting Martin, I must say although it looked cold and wet the museum looked quite busy which was nice to see.

[@MartinZero]

Yeah, very busy day, they are popular those open days

[@wideyxyz2271]

Great Video as always.....Chaps, you need to visit the Anson engine museum in Poynton, it's an absolute-hidden gem!

[@MartinZero]

Thank you. It’s on our list 👍

[@BigD63]

Thanks Martin and guys. Great informative video. Best regards from Chicago

[@nigeldewallens1115]

That was just fascinating! I have only been up north on work and did not see any of this! sigh! I have often wondered, what the bottom of a canal is like! Many thanks for that wonderful trip in the museum too! Bravo!! 😀👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👌

[@williamrobinson7435]

Some great buildings, canal workboats etc in this. Sorry James was unhappy with his biscuit, better luck next time, perhaps the attendance of Timmy would help, but perhaps not in a video such as this. Nice one Martin and team! ⭐👍

[@davidberlanny3308]

Hi Martin and team. Great video, with so many links to previous ones that you have done, music as well!! Great to see the starvationer and the accumulator for the hydraulic system. A couple of Lancashire boilers and chimney too plus a drained canal. Great shot of the gate valve, now that really is something you dont see very often. Think you all deserved a Portuguese tart though!! Were all on tenterhooks for the next one!! All the best!!

[@keith800]

Lovely to watch , admiration to those working on it ,not the best time of year for this type of work ,let alone the ones who dug the canal in the first place.

[@TeslaTales59]

Mr. Zero, great work on this video. Good to know they do take care of the "residents". The nearest river to me is the Santa Clara, it travels through a town called Santa Paula, CA

[@mattvaughan180]

Wahey!! Martins back 🎉😎

[@MartinZero]

😃👍

[@davidwaites2304]

Nice one Martin , I may go have a look for myself.

[@LeiceExplore]

Brilliant little vid! Thoroughly enjoyed it, made my lunch break more entertaining than usual anyway! I loved that diving gear, imagine being in a lock back in the day with all that clobber on ya back! Cheers.

[@davidmills636]

Top notch as always. Hope you and ‘the lad’ are well 😊

[@MartinZero]

All good David thank you

[@fatimaali8645]

Really enjoyed this video Carnt wait for next one I love history ❤

[@douglasthompson296]

Martin and gang, you can't ever top the trap door and plug hole videos from a few years ago. Thats when I subbed to your channel ✔️👍 Cheers DougT

[@malcolmrichardson3881]

Great stuff - very interesting and enjoyable closeups of some marvellous canal engineering. Thank you.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Malcolm 👍

[@davidsedlickas8222]

Super dooper stuff gang Well done to all.

[@boatman323]

One of the reasons that the MSC was built was to bypass the upper Mersey to Warrington (where the old Mersey & Irwell Navigation began at Howley Lock), because the navigable channel was constantly shifting with the weather, and the commissioners couldn’t keep up with the constant dredging and re-buoying required to keep it open.

[@Phil-M0KPH]

Interesting to see a close up of an empty lock. Growing up around Slattocks/Castleton, we used to play around many of the canals.

[@cardinaloflannagancr8929]

I love canal locks it's incredibly interesting to see them operating and even being repaired and drained. They do go back so far and many times how they were done is still the most dependable way. I remember my uncle telling me about the locks quite near his house which he took me too. It seems there was a gasket expert just hired by the agency who maintained the canal, who had the answer a modern seal. Previously it had been getting replaced every few decades. He had zero experience with locks yet assured them this made no difference it was a seal and specs are specs. Well the lifetime modern gaskets needed immediate replacement after either 6 or 8 months. He then put back the "old fashioned" gasket back again and took his place all be it down a few pegs.😅

[@oldmanhuppiedos]

A nice vlog Martin. You often see a canel lock in vlogs of narrowboats, but never under water. A beautiful historic environment.

[@markdonnelly962]

Well definitely have a look into the canal trust, something to do with my kids one day 😊

[@petertrevena804]

Gday Martin, i love canals and the history 👍😚😉

[@Andy-From-England]

Awesome video Martin

[@jimc6436]

Yet another brilliant and informative video! Thanks so much :)

[@graydonmiller731]

He's back! 👌

[@djhrecordhound4391]

These videos are small tours of places and things I may never get to see in person. Thanx!

[@MartinZero]

Thank you 👍

[@Simon_Nonymous]

Lovely stuff.

[@MattBrownbill]

Been to that museum a few times, it's a great day out. 😊

[@MartinZero]

Yeah I recommend it 👍

[@oneteaminbristolbcfc]

Thanks for this I really enjoyed it

[@kevlandy]

I had the chance to go into the Grand Union Canal locks at Foxton the other year when they drained them to fit new gates a few years back. The old lock gates are now on the roundabout on the A6 near Market Harborough.👌🇬🇧😎

[@ponyboymb]

Brilliant. Loved this video, wow''''' to be able to go down to the canal floor, the history. Most Stupendous. Hope you & the lads are well 💯💯🤍

[@neilmartin3220]

Good to see you again Martin. Happy new year.

[@MartinZero]

Happy new year Neil 👍

[@ForTheBirbs]

ooooh, nice teaser for next time!

[@fhwolthuis]

Amazing stuff, Martin 👍🏼👍🏼

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much

[@thebegrsshow]

Excellent video Martin, cheers!

[@ruthbrierley1798]

I wanted you to see a trap door again!! (That was the first of your videos that I ever watched 🙂)

[@chrisb6637]

Fun fact, In Australia, bedding is called 'Manchester' because when it arrived on the boats it was in boxes marked 'Manchester'.

[@wrichard11]

Great video Martin. You're such a tease lol

[@MartinZero]

😉👍

[@nigelblair2182]

Loved it. 👍

[@Jimyjames73]

Interesting to see the inside /bottom of a Canal Lock - don't get to see that every day!!! 🤔😉🚂🚂🚂

[@hugoagogo4324]

Locks have always fascinated and scared me think it cause of the depth of it and the blackness of the water

[@ivornappinion9406]

ENJOYED that, Manc watchin from Thailand :]

[@paulcresswell2279]

Good to see you .Happy 2024.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Paul

[@havingalook2]

LOVED IT - oh did I yell that! I must get back up to Manchester and see the museum. Many thanks. Posh flask our James!!!!

[@MartinZero]

He broke the last flask 😄

[@ewanroberts588]

Hi Martin there is another place on the ship canal that use to drain in to the river. The ten lock flight in runcorn was built at the end of the bridgewater canal before the ship canal existed aslo.

[@MartinZero]

Oh right, is it still there ?

[@bobbinational]

Welcome back! Sydney used to have a hydraulic system running round the city too powering lifts apparently. Only heard about it recently

[@gbcb8853]

London too. Repurposed for cabling

[@lisaperrin3298]

Great video thank you😊❤

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Lisa

[@alanlake5220]

Very interesting video Martin, would love you to do a feature on the Manchester ship canal , or Salford quays area .

[@davemc9268]

Their doing a big job up at Top Lock in Wigan on the Leeds/Liverpool canal.