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Canal boat freed from Bath lock
A narrowboat that was trapped in a lock on the Kennet & Avon Canal in Bath has been refloated. It got stuck as it was travelling through Widcombe on 1 November.
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VIDEO: Canal boat freed from Bath lock
Ropes, water and two and a half hours was all it took to free the narrowboat that had been stuck in Bath's Kennet and Avon Canal since 1 November.
The lock has now re-opened after being blocked for a fortnight.
It's all done with ropes and water
The Kennet and Avon Canal in Bath has re-opened after being blocked for a fortnight when a narrowboat got stuck in a lock in Widcombe.
The Canal & River Trusts says the boat had been hired by an experienced crew. It got stuck on a ledge as it was going through the lock on 1 November.
The Trust rescued the boat in a two and a half hour operation. First it attached ropes to the vessel to make sure it remained stable and then carefully let water into the lock until it re-floated.
The boat has been taken for repairs.
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Work begins to release trapped canal boat
Work has begun to remove a canal boat that has been blocking the Kennet and Avon Canal in Bath for a fortnight.
It is thought it had been hired by a stag party. It got trapped on a ledge when it was passing through the lock in Widcombe on Saturday 1 November.
Work due to start to free trapped canal boat
Work is due to begin this morning to remove a canal boat that is trapped in a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Bath.
The narrowboat, which is thought to have been hired by a stag party, was trying to go through the lock on Saturday 1 November when it got stuck on a ledge. The waterway has now been closed for a fortnight.
The Canal & River Trust says it is unclear how long it will take to free the boat.
Canal boat remains stuck in a lock in Bath
A narrowboat that capsized in the Kennet and Avon Canal is still stuck in a lock in Bath.
The boat is believed to have been hired by a stag party. It tipped over after one end became stuck on a ledge in the lock at Widcombe. No one was injured.
The waterway remains closed while the Canal River Trust works out the safest way to remove it.
It comes eight months after the canal was blocked by another hired narrowboat. Read more here.
Canal boat gets stuck in Bath lock
Another canal boat has got stuck in a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Bath.
The 65 feet boat got trapped in Widcombe on Saturday afternoon. It is thought the boat had been hired for the weekend by a stag party.
