Saving Newports Canal

[@malcolmrichardson3881]

Great update on the remarkable progress in restoring this canal which as you say, runs through some stunning countryside. Newport Council and volunteers are doing an excellent job. Thank you.

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

I’m really looking forward to covering some more, it really is a beautiful canal

[@alanseward4979]

Well done to everyone involved in rescuing this part of history! Great job.

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

They really have done a great job with more to come!

[@1234j]

Excellent video. Great progress. Thank you for your efforts,knowledge and super filming.

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

Thank you for your kind comments and thank you for watching

[@martinmarsola6477]

An interesting video this day. The act of dragging all the vegetation from the canal basin, is a very important act. Keep the water flow, and limit the flooding possibilities. Thank you for this day’s video. Always informative and interesting. See you on the next Steve. 🇬🇧🙂👍🇺🇸

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

If they spent more time maintaining the rivers and canals the extra capacity would do wonders to the current flooding issues of much of the UK. Thanks again for watching

[@martinmarsola6477]

@@CourtAboveTheCut You’re probably correct, Steve. 👍

[@25mileswest86]

Brilliant amount of work gone on here Steve, thanks for the update. Loving being able to see more of the structures true forms at last.

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

No worries, there’s a few groups dotted up the canal, there’s a group called bridge 46 to five locks which seem to get a lot done, I’m going to cover it in the next few weeks

[@davidheap880]

Great to aee such rapid progress. Great video as usual

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

It’ll be interesting to see what’s done in the summer with the leaks

[@jonathanellis1842]

The side ponds, are needed because the small anti chamber between locks would probably not have the water capacity to fill or take from the locks so it needed the side pound to create a false - larger pound between each lock

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

Is that the reason for the small section between locks? Just to feed that water back in? Rather than being a staircase. I know the reason for the pounds and keeping that water in but I couldn’t figure out why they wouldn’t build them as staircase locks instead

[@jonathanellis1842]

@@CourtAboveTheCut no idea why, I agree with you, I can’t work out the reason for this and not just build a stair case locks such as was done at Grindley Brook on the Llangollen canal

[@peterdite6725]

Great job!

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

Thank you

[@paulturner7837]

This looks very promising, beautiful area 👍 didn’t realise how much had been done already

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

Neither did I until I was messaged by someone involved. It’s looking really good

[@bobsrailrelics]

Great update, I am heading down there in the summer for a video so will keep you updated. BTW the Crumlin arm was used to ship iron from Newport docks to Crumlin to build the viaduct.

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

I've seen pictures of that, It looks well cool, it's a shame it's no more! It may add an interesting side to the video when I do up that way though. I was told there was a mine disaster further up as well?

[@bobsrailrelics]

@@CourtAboveTheCutThere were a number of mine disasters around that area. The biggest was Sengynedd but that was in a different valley. I'll have a dig and message you.

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

@@bobsrailrelics I think I found the memorial on google maps, I can’t remember the name though, I’ll have a look as well

[@paulralph2336]

​@CourtAboveTheCut I think the disaster you are talking about was the Prince of Wales colliery in Abercarn where the water from the canal was used to flood the burning mine, I believe that was the case.

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

@@paulralph2336 possibly, I’ll do some reading, thanks for the tip

[@kieljay1]

Great video . Use to play around there in my childhood

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

It’ll be great when it’s all reconnected

[@PCMenten]

It will be fun to test your theory about empty and laden boats using opposite sides of the lock when it is returned to service.

[@zz789]

I don't know whether the 'shelves' are wide enough to take a boat.

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

@@zz789they are easily, they are as wide if not wider than the middle of the lock.

[@BillieFingers]

Was the canal/river that the canal was originally part of, diverted when they closed that length of canal? How will they refill that branch?

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

Which river are you referring to? The Usk is the river in Newport but the canal dropped into a dock which was then connected to the Usk and Severn. The main canal wasn’t a river navigation, there’s always parts on canals that have a river/stream drop in and out of them so small sections are technically classed as rivers but I’m not sure on sections on the Mon and Brec

[@annarboriter]

Is it easier to clear our reeds from a watered canal or a dry bed? Do you have a webllink which explains the standardized lock gates and the retrofitting into original locks?

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

I’d say so as you can cut them whilst pulling out of water the roots are really long and tangle up. No I don’t I’ll have a dig later and see what I can find

[@hawke2646]

I was part of a team that rebuilt bettws lock gates

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

There’s lots of clearance work going on that way at the moment

[@BillieFingers]

Colour me intreagued. But you keep saying mystery lock? What's the mystery?

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

It’s debated why it’s built the way it is, this is actually my second video on the area my first video talks more about it. I’ll pop a link below

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eny5YWpnlq6Xpqcsi=ya66zyW0HDBgMgM3

[@01jvb]

It would have helped at the beginning of the video if you had explained where you are, i.e. Newport, south Wales, to avoid confusion with Newport in Shropshire.

[@MsVanorak]

yup - i didn't get it until the m4 was mentioned but not everyone will know that offhand

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

I have done videos on the Shrewsbury and Newport and my original thumbnail had Mon and Brec on it for that very reason but I changed it early on Saturday morning and I forgot to add the text again! Sorry to disappoint you

[@daidavies6210]

Newport is beyond saving …😂. Jessica Morden MP has done nothing but destroy the City of Newport..

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

It seems to be a recurring thing everywhere at the moment