Talk:Canals of the United Kingdom
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Does this warrant its own article, or should it redirect to the River Ouse article? Grunners 13:08, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
- I can't find an article with that title, even spelled correctly. Which Ouse are you referring to? Derek Andrews 13:56, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
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- It's a red link on this article, and on googling it it seems to be parts of one of the River Ouse's simply widened and deepened. Grunners 16:24, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
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- Certainly River Ouse, Sussex needs to be expanded to include a history of the navigation, and the ongoing battle between restoration and conservation. Could be interesting:) It was 22 miles and 19 locks so a little more than widening and deepening [1] and [2]. If the article gets too heavy on the navigation side, then is the time to divide it up. Derek Andrews 00:24, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
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- Have written a section for the river article, and redirected the canal link there Grunners 16:07, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] speed limit
I don't believe that this is true: "The current speed limit for inland waterways in Great Britain is Four Knots."
- it may apply to most small canals, but what about commercial ones?
- certainly doesn't apply to all inland waterways.
- usually quoted in mph not knots.
--Derek Andrews 20:52, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
- Fixed Mayalld 12:19, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
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- Apologies, I read that on a canal boating website, but their source must have been incorrect Grunners 17:07, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
- The further rule from British Waterways is that your craft must not make a breaking wash on the banks, so 4mph is still breaking the speed limit in many narrower and shallower waterways! --feline1 17:10, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
The speed limit on BW canals (but not necessarily rivers) is 4 mph. This is not the same as 4 knots, which is 4 nautical miles per hour - a nautical mile is 2000 yards, not 1760. As canal boats generally have no means of measuring speed (unless they have a GPS gadget)the 'breaking wave' rule is a useful guide. --Hymers2 (talk) 13:57, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Additional inclined planes
Should there not be a reference to the two inclined planes (or trackways) for the Lancaster canal at Preston?
These were at Avenham, (down from Preston to the Ribble), and up the other side at Penwortham, both of which were powered by steam engines, with a further slope at the Summit, which remained horse-powered.
http://www.lctrust.co.uk/pages/posts/preston--walton-summit21.php — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.105.211.139 (talk) 21:19, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
[edit] Lead image
Can anyone work out how to get an SVG version of the lead image?©Geni 12:52, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
- An SVG export will be added to the mapping service in the not to distant future at which point it would be easy to create an SVG version, however at present the only export available is raster. In the interim someone could extract the data from OpenStreetMap and create an SVG version of the map but this would probably entail significant coding or manual work. PeterEastern (talk) 07:30, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
