The Crinan Canal closes to through transit after the cill on the sea lock failed over the weekend. ... Page last updated at 11:42 GMT, Monday, 21 July 2008 12:42 UK. E-mail this to a friend Printable ...

Page last updated at 10:35 GMT, Monday, 4 August 2008 11:35 UK. E-mail this to a friend Printable version ... The Crinan Canal sea lock was forced to close again at the weekend just hours after ...

The Crinan Canal runs from Loch Fyne at Ardrishaig to Crinan on the Sound of Jura ... Every year around 2,000 boats pass through the nine miles of canal and 15 locks designed and built in 1801 ...

The work, said to be crucial to the future of the canal, is part of a major three-year lock gate replacement programme and involves the installation of new gates at lock 15, the Crinan sea lock.