Cooper Bridge Weir - Bradley, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 40.881 W 001° 44.079
30U E 583572 N 5948813
This weir was completely rebuilt in 2013 and had the first fish pass on the river installed at the same time. It takes its name from a nearby road bridge over the river.
Waymark Code: WMPZHT
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/17/2015
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The weir is located on the River Calder. This river has a number of places where artificial stretches of canal run alongside the river to provide improved navigation, originally for commercial boats, but now solely for leisure boats.
There is also a junction at this point with another canal called the Huddersfield Broad Canal, also fed by the River Calder.
There had been a number of problems with the existing weir at this point with a number of canal closures whilst repairs were undertaken.
It was decided to completely replace the old weir rather than continue to maintain it. The work was originally commissioned by British Waterways and the the fish pass was designed with consultation with the Calder and Colne Rivers Trust who had long campaigned for improvements to the ecology of the rivers.
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By the time the work was completed control of the canal and river system had passed to The Canal and River Trust and this
web page gave details of the work carried out in 2013.
The new weir is intended to ensure there is always an adequate supply of water for the rivers and canals and that fish can pass upstream for the first time in many years.
The cost of the whole project was 2 million pounds and the weir has a life expectancy of 120 years.
Boats are not allowed on to the area of the weir and there is a boom across the entrance with large orange buoys. Any boats wishing to navigate around here have to use the Huddersfield Broad Canal and lock number is adjacent to the weir.
Close to the weir on the banks of the Huddersfield Broad Canal a notice board was erected with a date of 2013 set into a cobbled area at its base.