What's this?

[Squaredy]

20 hours ago, eggsarascal said:

Caldon canal, it's around 12 yards long and 2 yards wide, anyone know what it is?

Could it be for wildlife, so creatures that get into the canal can get out again?  No that is an awful lot of engineering to be just a ramp for daft mammals.  Do you know?

[eggsarascal]

18 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

Could it be for wildlife, so creatures that get into the canal can get out again?  No that is an awful lot of engineering to be just a ramp for daft mammals.  Do you know?

Allegedly its a ramp, incase the horse that pulled the boat fell in the cut. It's an oddball, I've never seen anything like it elsewhere, perhaps Canal Navy can shed some light on it.

[Steven P]

My first thought was some sort of loading bay but dimensions all wrong, but 'unloading' a horse from the canal makes sense.

[eggsarascal]

Found this.

 

Caldon Canal - horse ramp | Churnet Valley guide

CHURNET-VALLEY.ORG.UK

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This is a ramp for horses to escape if they fell into the canal between Froghall and Consall. It was added...

 

[Squaredy]

1 hour ago, eggsarascal said:

Found this.

 

Caldon Canal - horse ramp | Churnet Valley guide

CHURNET-VALLEY.ORG.UK

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This is a ramp for horses to escape if they fell into the canal between Froghall and Consall. It was added...

 

Ah that makes sense that it was added in fairly modern times, it clearly post-dates the original horse drawn barges.  Also that they would provide such a ramp due to a heritage horse drawn operation.  I guess when the canals were actually built if a horse fell in they found some other way of escape.

[AHPP]

You'll never see a white horse using them. Fhcking disgraceful.

[AHPP]

Stop the boats!

[sime42]

You may be flogging a dead horse here. 

 

 

[eggsarascal]

25 minutes ago, AHPP said:

You'll never see a white horse using them. Fhcking disgraceful.

I did see one at Banbury Cross.