Down't By Canal

[cheshiremog]

Yes Maigre
Very amusing !!
Perhaps we should run a caption competition! 

Thanks once again for everyone's hard work and restores - it looks much better- I will print it off and compare with the original

Thank you

[chrisrsmorriss]

I think you'll find it is a notice stating the times when east-bound and west-bound boats were allowed to enter the tunnel.
The horses were taken via a separate horse path, and then onto the Butterley 'Coach Road' to meet up with the narrow boat at the other end.

The building of the A38 destroyed the wonderful double bridge, which used to have the horse path running through the lower part at the Hammersmith end.

[stevew101]

Steve

[Trishanne]

Here are my attempts, first black & white
Pat

[Trishanne]

One with slightly warmer tones
Pat

[Trishanne]

Finally one with a spot of colour
Pat

[Trishanne]

I have just realised this photo is from 2008  & cheshiremog has not been on Rootschat in the last year.

[Handypandy]

I noticed that... and the originals didn't make it to the website either 

[chrisrsmorriss]

I mentioned in my earlier posting the double bridge carrying the horse path and two railway lines over the canal tunnel at the west end of the tunnel.
The picture shows the bridge from the Hammersmith (east) side.  The lower path is the route the canal horses took to get from the tunnel mouth on to the 'Coach road' and hence to the east portal of the tunnel. The lower bridge carried the Butterley Company railway line to the Hartshay collieries, while over the top bridge was the midland railway line from Ripley to Hammersmith.

The A38 dual carriageway now cuts through this location, totally obliterating the bridges.