The Worcs & B’ham canal is leaking into the railway tunnels beneath it at Gas Street.

Before investigations and repairs can commence the offending section has to be drained and the fish moved out to other parts of the canal. This took place over the weekend 21/22 February 2015. The second day had heavy rain which made the job far more onerous for the CRT’s contractors to carry out the task.

Here are some photos of the scene.

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Building one of the barriers.

Completed barriers looking southeast towards the Mailbox bars and restaurants.

The view from the Mailbox of the barriers and a mostly drained canal in between.

Output of the pumps on the Worcester (southwest) side of the canal of the barriers.

Collecting the fish using stunning and hand nets….

Heaving the pots of collected fish out of the drained canal…

Fish being carried for depositing back into the Worcester side of the canal.