TODAY'S picture from the archives of the Worcester News dates back to April 1977, when the Upper Avon Navigation Trust had to clear thick deposits of silt from Harvington lock. To get a digger into position to clear the mud, two barges were welded tog
TODAY'S picture from the archives of the Worcester News dates back to April 1977, when the Upper Avon Navigation Trust had to clear thick deposits of silt from Harvington lock. To get a digger into position to clear the mud, two barges were welded together to form a floating platform; the welded barges are seen here with the excavator about to be driven on to them.
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