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January 19th 2009

The likely cause of the failure of the wall was water from above the lock gates getting behind the lock wall. In both photos a large hole caused by water is visible below the balance beam directly below the point where the white and black paint meet. Progress had been affected by the very heavy rainfall over the preceding days.