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Canal Bank Collapse August 2012Canal bank collapse just below Lock 7 in August 2012. Photo by Louise Thistleton.
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Canal Bank Collapse January 2016Pre-start, pound dewatered to show the failed wall – January 2016. provided by The Canal and River Trust.
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Canal Bank Repairs February 2017Following casting of the concrete retaining wall – February 2017. Provided by The Canal and River Trust.
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Canal Bank Repairs February 2017New masonry facing half way completed – February 2017. Provided by The Canal and River Trust.
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Canal Bank Repairs February 2017Close-up of new masonry facing in construction – February 2017. Provided by The Canal and River Trust.
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Canal Bank Repairs March 2017Top masonry parapet in construction – March 2017. Provided by The Canal and River Trust.
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Canal Bank Repairs March 2017Masonry facing completed, prior to re-watering the canal – March 2017. Provided by The Canal and River Trust.
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Canal Bank Repairs March 2017Canal re-watered, view from Lock 7 – March 2017. Provided by The Canal and River Trust.
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Canal Bank Repairs March 2017Canal re-watered, view back towards Lock 7 – March 2017. Provided by The Canal and River Trust.
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Canal BoatNavigating Marple's lower locks late 1970s / early 1980s.
From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Canal near Hyde Bank TunnelThe canal at Romiley, near to Hyde Bank Tunnel. Provided by Janet Holmes.
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Canal RepairsRepairs on the Macclesfield Canal while new houses are being built on Waterside, late 50s or early 60s. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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