History of Narrowboat Alder Alder as it exists today was built in 1965 at British Waterways’ Bradley workshops in Birmingham. It was believed that at the time two ex-working boats were used to make the tug, recent research has revealed otherwise. In the autumn of 1965, ex Fellows Morton and Clayton motorboat Alder was cut up at Bradley. The fore-end was given a new stern and made into an un-powered […]
Types of Volunteering Work on the Hereford and Gloucester Canal The Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust is restoring the Canal as a navigable waterway, which, when completed, will rank as one of the most attractive cruising routes in the country. The Trust has a number of very enthusiastic teams of volunteers working at various locations along the whole line of the canal from Gloucester to Hereford. Would you like to […]
The Trust has a number of sites where volunteers work on a regular basis. We also have new sites developing each year. Some of our volunteers stick to a particular location whilst others prefer to go where they are needed along the line of the Canal. Aylestone Park (Hereford) – Work here has included building a slipway, towpath construction, general scrub clearance, conservation and planting. Work on an over spill […]
Since the completion of the main basin structure the volunteers at Over have not put their feet up. The service huts and ducting Two small service huts have been built along the wharf wall. These are in readiness to supply water and electricity to any boats that will be moored there. Ducting to the huts was laid as the banks around the basin were being landscaped. Further ducting was laid […]
2007 Silt Removal Finally, specialist contractors Celtic Technologies moved onto site during summer 2007, to lift and treat the contaminated silt. The solution adopted saw 1800m3 of the silt taken from the canal, and processed on site in accordance with Herefordshire Council and Environment Agency requirements. The treated material was then used safely as inert fill in the bases of new roadway and car park hard standings within the park, […]
Location Dymock Bridge is a former road over rail bridge in the centre of Dymock village. History The bridge was constructed originally for the Gloucester – Ledbury railway in 1885, much of which was built on the line of the earlier canal. following closure of the railway in 1964, the track was taken up and the land sold off. Although the bridge lies slightly off the original line of the […]
In 2000, a small team of Trust Volunteers commenced work on restoring the Oxenhall lock chamber itself. Much of the original wall masonry had fallen into the chamber, and had to be replaced. With its listed building status, work had to be undertaken using “heritage” materials and techniques. The towpath wall of the lock was completed in July 2002, and the offside wall in December 2003. Other work including replacement […]
First clearance work on site began in February 1998. Later in the year work started on excavating the basin, which had been filled in when the hospital was built in 1903. The work was carried out by volunteers from the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust and teams of volunteers from the Waterways Recovery Group who had a number of work camps through 1999 and 2000. Up to 50 or 60 […]
Oxenhall Canal Tunnel, completed in 1798, extends northwards 2192 yards from here towards Dymock. Most of the original structure of the tunnel is still in standing but will need extensive restoration. The north end passes under the M50 motorway, which was constructed between 1958 and 1960. Here the tunnel at the end of a deep cutting near Boyce Court collapsed the portal is not visible. At the request of the […]
