6th March 2007 - updated 30th April 2007
Major repair works in Marple to repair a collapsing wall and to renovate a failing lock have now been completed.
The photos on the right show the retaining wall, alongside the first few yards of the Macclefield Canal at Marple.
The top photo shows the wall after the repairs have been completed. The lower photo shows the wall temporarily stabilised with gabions before repairs were carried out.
Many thanks to "Dave", who kindly sent in the photographs below of the repairs being carried out to the wall and to the nearby Lock 15.
The first two photos below photos show how the narrow former stop-lock had been braced to prevent any movement of the bank as vehicles work alongside.
A short section of canal had been infilled so that a temporary road could be constructed across the canal to provide access to the site. This meant the temporary closure of this link between the two canals.
A gantry had been built across the section of wall being re-built from which to suspend service pipes.
Repair work was also under way at the nearby Lock 15 on Marple lock flight. This lock had to be closed unexpectedly before Christmas when investigations found subsidence and extensive voids in the ground adjacent to the lock wall.
The work was carried out under strict conditions due to the lock being a listed structure.
