130 years after the canal was abandoned, the Wharf has finally deteriorated to the point that it needs some major work doing to it. The first photo below is one that I took back in February, and clearly shows serious deterioration of the Wharf wall, with sawn-off tree stumps sticking out of it, and large areas of missing grout. (Click on the image to see what a bad state the wall was in).
Let's hope that the rebuilding will be done sympathetically - the civil engineering firm doing the work appear to have retained the distinctive dark grey curved edge capping bricks at least.
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| Shefford Wharf @ February 2016 |
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| Wharf under reconstruction, July 2016 |
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