Restoration

Whenever a derelict canal is to be restored, the first practical job is to clear out and remove the growth of trees, bushes etc which have grown up during the period when the canal was neglected. This is often called 'jungle bashing' or 'jungle busting'. In the case of the Wey & Arun Canal the period of neglect had been well over a century.     Many of the original brick arch accomodation bridges had been allowed to decay and some had been demolished. A number of the locks which had survived now had mature trees growing out from the chamber walls. Parts of the canal bed had been filled in, and that which had escaped was now completely overgrown.     Other parts of the canal which have been restored can be located using the map.     Details of some of the restoration projects are listed below -     Restoration Implemntation Strategy Report by W S Atkins. Clearance on the summit pound. 1, 2, 3 B2133 Crossing Loxwood New Lock Piling on The Onslow pound Lowering Brewhurst Lock Lowering The Onslow Pound 1,  2,  3. Loxwood Bridge Construction 1,  2,  3.  4.  5. Clearance work starts at Bramley. Bramley Exhibition  Download Bramley Newsletter Barnsill Bridge rebuilding Drungewick Lock restoration Drungewick - Long Meadow remedial work Devil's Hole Lock in July 2004. Drungewick Lock repairs during 2003/4 Haybarn Bridge rebuilding Lordings Aqueduct restoration Lordings Waterwheel restoration Lordings Lock restoration Horsham Green Health scheme The Loxwood Link Extension. Drungewick Lane Canal Bridge Drungewick Aqueduct. Volunteers shown a painting by John Russell-Hayes

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