A section of the Grand Canal in Inchicore, Dublin 8 has been drained due to the partial collapse of a sewer.
Canals, you’d be tempted to think
Would not disappear in a blink
But a faulty storm drain
Which collapsed, may explain
What would make a whole waterway sink
John Moynes
Pic: RTÉ
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Might be a good opportunity to recover some criminal evidence.
do the canals ever get dredged? I suppose the build up of silt etc would be low compared to rivers, but I’m sure there must be a lot of build up over a period of time
There used to be a dredger docked there at the Harolds Cross Bridge
So I suppose it was used from time to time
thanks, I never knew.
From what I know, the dredgers are hired out and brought to whatever location they’re required in, and then when the dredging is done, the machine stays in that location until the next job.
This has been my (limited) experience so I could be mistaken.
They are dredged annually AFAIK Dav
Regularly enough, but mostly for weeds afaik.
In the last 10 years most of the urban sections were drained and cleared out/deepened. Here’s a terrible video of it – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm9SBJHqOz0
Wow, I never imagined it would be so shallow.
or clean
True – you always see those magnet fishermen lads pulling up safes and knives and whatnot.
Yeah I always thought canals were some engineering marvel, tis only a wee little ditch really
What I find mad is that one part can collapse and all the water empties out, and other the parts can go along as if nothing happened…
the same could be said of other engineering marvels:
Great wall of China: tis only a wee little wall really
Great Pyramid: tis only a wee little pile of stones really
Suez canal: tis only a wee little ditch really
Thatcher: tis only a wee little -itch really
not many here know it but it was in 1961 when thatcher – then the relatively unknown MP for finchley – gave a passionate speech in favour of the restoration of birching as a judiciary corporal punishment that the young, entering-pubescence charger salmons felt his first mickey stirrings
And last after the gin took hold.
it was never quite the same after mum passed away
I would have thought his formative life experiences were at the Elm Guest House myself
– in fairness this is why I get modded :)
True. But that was funny.
Yup, canal boats normally only have a draft of about .5m.
The picture makes it look a bit shallower than it is, but canal are normally only about 1-1.5m deep