Some good news. Lock eleven door was fixed today. We rented a car and drove up to Campbelford where the lock is located. We met with the lockmaster and also got to see the huge crane pulling out. Lockmaster said that the door, which is all steel and only new in 2005, snapped off at the attachment of the hydraulic ram to the door. We got to see the new one and this piece of metal looks rather small for the job and is threaded as well. This is the second time that this broke off. He said it was really a aloud snap that. Sent everyone running the other way. that door is About 60 feet high and 20 feet wide. We expect to be going through that door about 3pm tomorrow. Push off time from Trenton is 0800 hours tomorrow and we will be in the first lock by 0900. By the time we a reach Campbelford we will have taken over 6 hours, traveled 32 miles and gone through 12 locks. We made that trip in the car today in 1/2 hour.
This afternoon we also toured Peterborough, which is the nearest big city. Pleasant enough but not charming.
No comments:
Post a Comment