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Boater accidentally drains Kennet and Avon Canal
A boater accidentally drained a stretch of the Kennet and Avon Canal after leaving all the lock gates open.
A section of the waterway was left with hardly any water on Tuesday near the Barge Inn in Seend, Wiltshire.
A spokesperson for the Canal and River Trust confirmed what happened was not malicious but that the boater was "rushing and left the paddles up".
The lock paddles "work like a plug on a bath in allowing water in and out of the locks," he explained.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-44869566
A section of the waterway was left with hardly any water on Tuesday near the Barge Inn in Seend, Wiltshire.
A spokesperson for the Canal and River Trust confirmed what happened was not malicious but that the boater was "rushing and left the paddles up".
The lock paddles "work like a plug on a bath in allowing water in and out of the locks," he explained.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-44869566
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