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Posted: Fri Nov 24th, 2017 16:00

Joined:	Mon Apr 2nd, 2012
Location:	South Lakeland, UK
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This pic only just become visible, That's a common sight in Carnforth, every time there's a bit of a storm it floods, my ex-motherinlaw lives but a stones throw from the station, her cellar regularly floods when the Lancaster canal overflows.

Apparently some of the problems in Lancaster were caused by the canal banks being breached by overflowing water. Lancaster canal it somewhat unusual in that from Preston to Tuitfields, just North of Carnforth, it's a single level, no locks for 41 miles, apparently the longest stretch of level canal in the UK, except to access the sea via Glasson Dock.

This means there is a copious supply of water to sustain a breach, because there are no locks, the whole canal could be drained from one breach.

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