[Tagging] Incorrectly tagging locks on rivers as canals

Philip Barnes phil at trigpoint.me.uk
Thu Apr 25 11:27:05 UTC 2019


On 25/04/2019 11:25, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> DaveF wrote:
>> The water flowing through it is still river water.
> The water flowing down lots of canals is ultimately river water :) - the
> Llangollen Canal is fed by the River Dee, the Mon & Brec by the Usk, and so
> on.

In the case of the Llangollen, The Dee does not simply supply to keep 
the canal topped up. The canal is used to carry water from The Dee for 
the public water supply in Cheshire.

There is a lot of water passing through the lock bypasses along here.

Phil (trigpoint)




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