Project progress
Fish and eel passes
Outfall ready for generating
Lowering the control gate into position
Fish pass
The generator building
Lowering the screw into position
Burying the high voltage duct from the transformer to the road ready for connection to the national grid
Low voltage duct and BT cable for internet connection
Preparing for the Archimedean screw
Week 11 channel walls going up
Banner for construction site
Week 9 concreting the ramp for the screw
Week 8 July pumping concrete at the outfall
Week 7 blinding the outfall
Week 4 – pile driving at the outfall
Week 4 – preparing for coffer dam
Week 3 – excavating the channel
Construction week 2 – access track and cabins
Construction week 2 – WCHL project manager Tim Ashworth
Construction day 3 breaking ground
21 May 2014 Goosander on the river
20 May 2014 construction day 2 – preparing the site
March 2014 coppicing the trees
June 2013 mending the weir