
Bridgewater Canal Breach Updated Statement – 17th January 2025
Today, the Bridgewater Canal team undertook a welfare check and provided a verbal update to boaters at Ye Old No.3. We can confirm that work to construct temporary dams has now completed. The dams are installed near Woodhouse Underbridge, Dunham and at Little Bollington.
The areas of canal that are currently dewatered, including the moorings at Ye Old No. 3, will naturally start to slowly refill over the coming hours and days. On Monday 20th January a controlled syphoning will commence and be supervised throughout the day by Bridgewater Canal Company operatives. Please note that this operation will only be carried out during daylight hours.
Whilst we believe any risk during the controlled refilling and refloating is low, we strongly recommend that boaters vacate their craft during this operation and remain vigilant until the works are completed.
Once the canal is refilled, which may take up to 2 weeks, the stoplogs will be removed allowing boaters, who wish, to leave the mooring site.
The temporary dams will be followed by the installation of more robust dams at some point in the near future.
Kind regards
Peter Parkinson – Director – Bridgewater Canal
17.01.25