Gudanar da Matsayi na Tsakiya

Tsakiyar Hanya cibiyar sadarwa ce ta hanyoyin ruwa a Ingila, da farko ana amfani da ita don zubar da ƙasa, wanda ke cikin Fens tsakanin kogonan  Nene da Great Ouse, da kuma tsakanin biranen Peterborough da Cambridge. Yawancin yankin da suke gudana yana a ko ƙasa da matakin teku, kuma an yi ƙoƙari don kare shi daga ambaliyar ruwa tun daga 1480. Injiniyan Dutch Cornelius Vermuyden ne ya ba da sunan Tsakiyar Tsakiya a cikin shekara ta 1642, wanda daga baya ya gina tashoshin ruwa da yawa don yin yankin da ya dace da aikin gona. Ana gudanar da matakan ruwa koyaushe don ba da izinin kewayawa, kuma an kafa Kwamishinoni a cikin 1754 don kula da hanyoyin ruwa da karɓar haraji daga zirga-zirgar kasuwanci.

An kammala Babban Ruwa na Tsakiya zuwa Wiggenhall St Germans a cikin 1848, wanda ya samar da mafi kyawun ruwa saboda fitowar ta fi ƙasa da na Salters Lode. Whittlesey Mere, tafkin karshe da ya rage, an zubar da shi ba da daɗewa ba, ta amfani da ɗaya daga cikin aikace-aikacen farko na famfo na centrifugal na John Appold, bayan bayyanarsa a Babban Nuni a 1851. Jirgin ƙasa a kan hanyar sadarwa ya fara raguwa bayan bude hanyar jirgin ƙasa ta Maris a 1846, kuma ya fadi sosai a farkon karni na ashirin. Jirgin kasuwanci na ƙarshe na yau da kullun shine jirgin ruwa na Shellfen, wanda ya kawo man fetur zuwa tashoshin famfo har zuwa shekara ta 1971.

A sakamakon zubar da ruwa, matakan ƙasa sun ci gaba da faduwa, kuma a cikin 1934 an maye gurbin faduwar nauyi a Wiggenhall St Germans da tashar famfo, tare da injunan diesel guda uku da ke tuka famfo  ft 6 in (2.6  diamita. An kara karfinta a 1951, kuma a cikin 1969-70, lokacin da aka maye gurbin biyu daga cikin injunan da injunan lantarki. Bayan sama da sa'o'i 50 na ci gaba da gudana a matsakaicin ƙarfin a cikin 1998, an ba da sabon tashar famfo. An fara aiki a ciki a shekara ta 2006, kuma lokacin da aka kammala shi a shekara ta 2010, shi ne tashar famfo ta biyu mafi girma a Turai. Yawancin magudanar ruwa na Matsayi na Tsakiya ya dogara da famfo, kuma Kwamishinonin suna sarrafa tashoshin famfo sama da 100 a duk yankin.

Sha'awar maido da Matsayi na Tsakiya don zirga-zirgar nishaɗi ya fara ne a 1949, kuma aikin farko mai mahimmanci da masu sa kai suka yi ya faru a 1972, lokacin da suka yi aiki a kan maido da Well Creek, wanda a ƙarshe ya sake buɗewa a 1975. Tun daga wannan lokacin, an tsawaita makullin, don ba da damar shiga ta hanyar ƙananan jiragen ruwa na zamani, kamar yadda aka gina su don Fen Lighters, waɗanda kawai suna da tsawon mita 49. Yankin kudancin ya zama mafi sauki a shekara ta 2006, lokacin da sojoji daga 39 Engineer Regiment suka ɗaga gada mai ƙasƙanci na Bailey. Kwamishinoni ne ke sarrafa tsarin, kuma su ne na huɗu mafi girma a cikin ikon kewayawa a Burtaniya.

 Tarihi 
Matsayi na Tsakiya na Fens yanki ne mai ƙasƙanci na kusan murabba'in kilomita  (700 ), yawancin su suna a ko ƙasa da matakin teku. Kokarin kare su daga ambaliyar ruwa da kuma sanya su dace da aikin gona ya fara ne a cikin 1480, lokacin da Bishop na Ely, John Morton, ya gina madaidaiciyar kilomita 12 (19  daga Stanground zuwa Guyhirne. Wannan ya samar da ruwan Kogin Nene tare da hanyar kai tsaye zuwa teku fiye da hanyar da ta gabata ta hanyar Benwick, Floods Ferry, Maris, Outwell da Wisbech. Morton's Leam, sunan da aka ba da ramin ruwa na zamani, yana da faɗin ƙafa 40 (12  da zurfin ƙafa 4 (1.2 , kuma yawancin aikin hannu an samar da su ne daga fursunonin yaƙi daga Yaƙin Shekara Ɗari. A cikin 1605, Sir John Popham, wanda shine Babban Mai Shari'a a lokacin, ya fara aiki a kan wani shirin magudanar Ruwa kusa da Upwell, kuma kodayake an watsar da shirin a cikin 1608, Popham's Eau,   ya yanke daga tsohuwar hanyar Kogin Nene kusa da Maris zuwa Well Creek a Nordelph ya kasance.

 Kafawa 
Babban ci gaba na gaba ya kasance a cikin 1630, lokacin da Injiniyan Dutch Cornelius Vermuyden ya yi aiki da Earl na Bedford da sauransu don zubar da Fens. An yanke Kogin Old Bedford daga Earith zuwa Salters Lode, nisan mil 21 (kilomita 34),  ya ba da isasshen ruwa don a iya amfani da ƙasar don kiwo na rani."St Germans Pumping Station: History". Middle Level Commissioners. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. Vermuyden ya buga takarda a cikin shekara ta 1642, mai taken Magana da ke taɓa zubar da ruwa na Babban Fennes, inda ya ba da shawarar raba fens zuwa yankuna uku, Mataki na Arewa, Mataki ya Kudu, kuma tsakanin su, Mataki ta Tsakiya, daga Morton's Leam zuwa Kogin Bedford. An sami Dokar Majalisar, Dokar da aka yi amfani da ita, a cikin shekara ta 1649, kuma an fara aiki a ƙarƙashin kulawarsa. An gina Kogin New Bedford, yana gudana daidai da Tsohon, kuma an kare yankin Matsayi na Tsakiya. An yanke koguna Forty Foot, Twenty Foot da Sixteen Foot ba da daɗewa ba, don fitar da ruwa daga yankin zuwa Salters Lode da Welches Dam. Baya ga waɗannan sabbin tashoshin, Matsayin Tsakiya ya ƙunshi mil 26 (42  na tsohuwar hanyar Nene, da tsoffin hanyoyin ruwa na wucin gadi na King's Dyke da Whittlesey Dyke, waɗanda ke haɗa Stanground zuwa Floods Ferry. A arewa shine Well Creek, mafi yawansu hanyar ruwa ce ta halitta,  kodayake sashi na ƙarshe zuwa Salters Lode Lock ya bi hanyar New Podyke, tashar ruwa da aka gina a farkon karni na sha shida.  Babban aikin hanyoyin ruwa shine magudanar ruwa, amma an gudanar da matakan ruwa don ba su damar kewayawa. Yawan zirga-zirgar da aka ɗauka ba a rubuta su da kyau ba, musamman a farkon lokacin.

A cikin matakin, akwai manyan tabkuna huɗu ko meres, wanda mafi girma shine Whittlesey Mere. An yi amfani da shi don jirgin ruwa na nishaɗi, kuma Celia Fiennes ta bayyana shi a cikin 1697, wanda ya bayyana cewa yana da tsawon mil 6 (9.7  da faɗin mil 3 (4.8 , kuma ya lura cewa wani lokacin yana da haɗari, tunda yana da saurin iskõki na kwatsam suna tashi 'kamar guguwa'. Don kula da inganta hanyar tsakanin Salters Lode Sluice a kan Babban Ouse da Stanground Sluice akan Kogin Nene, an sami wani Dokar Majalisar a cikin 1754. Wannan ya haifar d Kwamishinoni don gudanar da hanyoyin ruwa, tare da iko don cajin 3d a kowace tan akan kayayyaki da ke shiga tsarin ta hanyar kowanne daga cikin shingen. An kai kayan aikin gona ta hanyar Salters Lode, wanda aka ɗaure zuwa Kings Lynn, yayin da kwal, katako da kayan masarufi suka koma wata hanya. An cire jiragen ruwa na jin daɗi musamman daga biyan haraji, kamar yadda wasu kayayyaki suka hada da tururi, takin mai, ƙurar malt, turaren kurciya da wasu nau'ikan cake na mai. Wani labarin tsarin ya fito ne daga George Walpole's Journal of the Voyage a kusa da Fens a cikin 1774, wanda aka yi a cikin jirage tara, dukansu doki guda daya da ake kira Hippopotamus ne ya ja su lokacin da babu isasshen iska don tafiya. An yi amfani da masassaƙa don cire ko cire gadoji waɗanda suka yi ƙasa sosai don jiragen ruwa su wuce, kuma kodayake balaguron ya ɗauki kwanaki 22, Walpole kawai ya rubuta ƙungiyar masu kunna wuta ɗaya, wanda ya jinkirta su a matsayin Salters Lode.

An inganta tsarin a cikin shekara ta 1796 ta hanyar bude Wisbech Canal, wanda ya haɗa Well Creek a Outwell zuwa Kogin Nene a Wisbech. Ya bi layin Wellstream, wata tsohuwar hanyar ruwa. A Outwell Well Creek kuma ya haɗu da tsohuwar hanyar Kogin Nene.

 Ci gaba 
An sami sabon Dokar Majalisar a cikin 1810, saboda Dokar 1754 ba ta samar da isasshen tanadi don tallafawa ayyukan magudanar ruwa ba, kuma a wasu lokuta ta tabbatar da cewa ba za a iya ba da taimakon ambaliyar ruwa ba har sai ƙasar ta ambaliya. Sabuwar Dokar ta sauya alhakin daga Kamfanin Bedford Level zuwa Kwamishinonin gida, waɗanda dole ne su zama masu mallakar ƙasa. Suna da ikon cajin haraji a duk ƙasar da za a iya biyan haraji a ƙarƙashin Ayyukan Eau Brink .  Tsakanin 1824 da 1839, John Dyson Jr ya yi aiki a matsayin injiniyan mazaunin Kwamishinan matakin Bedford. John Rennie ne ya ba da shawarar, kuma an tuhume shi da sake gina makullin goma da ƙofofi, tare da "wasu ayyuka masu mahimmanci", wanda kimanin farashin ya kasance tsakanin £ 50,000 da £ 60,000. Aikin ya haɗa da sake gina Salters Lode sluice, wanda Dyson ya kula da kansa, saboda ba a karɓi takardun da suka dace ba lokacin da aka tallata aikin. An kammala shi a shekara ta 1832.  Sluices da gadoji a Stanground, Welches Dam, da ƙarshen Kogin Old Bedford, kusa da Salters Lode, an sake gina su.
Yayin da ƙasar ta bushe, ƙasa mai laushi ta ragu, ta sa ƙasa ta faɗi. Yawancin Matsayi na Tsakiya sun ambaliya a cikin 1841-42,  wannan ya jagoranci Kwamishinonin su sami Dokar Majalisar a cikin 1844, wanda ya ba da izinin gina sabon babban magudanar ruwa, mai tsawon kilomita 18,  don ruwa ya iya gudana ta hanyar nauyi zuwa Wiggenhall St Germans, inda matakan kogin ya kasance kusan ƙafa 7 (2.1 m) ƙasa da Salters Lode. "St Germans Pumping Station: History". Middle Level Commissioners. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. An kammala aikin a 1848,  kuma an gina ƙofar a Marmount Priory a wannan lokacin, don ba da damar jiragen ruwa tare da zurfin ruwa don kewayawa ta hanyar Upwell da Outwell. Layin jirgin kasa daga Ely zuwa Peterborough ya ratsa tashar jiragen ruwa ta Maris daga 1846, wanda ba da daɗewa ba ya zama cibiyar jirgin ƙasa, tare da layin reshe zuwa Wisbech da St Ives. An canja zirga-zirga daga hanyoyin ruwa, wanda ya sauƙaƙa nauyin magudanar ruwa na Kwamishinoni. Sabon babban magudanar ruwa ya ba da damar zubar da ruwa ga Whittlesey Mere. An yi amfani da tashar famfo tare da famfo na Appold centrifugal don cimma wannan, maimakon motar gargajiya. An nuna famfo a karo na farko a Babban Nuni a 1851, inda ya ba da mamaki ga baƙi, kuma an ba mai kirkirarsa izinin tsara famfo don zubar da ruwa kawai. Yana da  feet 6   a diamita, kuma yana da wutar lantarki ta   , zai iya ɗaga tan 101 na ruwa a minti daya da ƙafa biyu zuwa uku (0.6-0.9 .  A cikin 1862 Dokar Majalisar ta kirkiro Kwamishinonin Matsayi na Tsakiya a matsayin wani bangare daban ga Kamfanin Matsayi na Bedford, kodayake sun kasance kusan masu zaman kansu tun 1810,  kuma sun fara jerin ci gaba.  Rashin ruwa koyaushe shine aikin farko, amma kewayawa yana da mahimmanci, kuma sabon jiki yana da iko don cajin haraji don amfani da hanyoyin ruwa.

186 ita ce shekarar da Wiggenhall sluice ya rushe kuma kusan murabba'in kilomita 9 (23 ) na matakan sun ambaliya. Sir John Hawkshaw ya gina sabon shingen, wanda ya kunshi babban akwatin, tare da bututu 16, kowannensu  feet 6   a diamita, wanda ya wuce samansa. A saman wadannan bututu ne   sama da shigarwa da fitarwa, da kuma iska famfo da cire iska daga gare su, domin ruwa zai yi syphon a kan cofferdam. Lokaci ne kawai da aka gwada irin wannan mafita a cikin Fens, kuma an kara shi a cikin 1880 ta hanyar ƙuƙwalwar nauyi ta al'ada, wanda Hawkshaw ya gina, saboda bai iya fitar da isasshen ruwa ba.

Wasu zirga-zirgar kasuwanci a kan hanyoyin ruwa sun ci gaba duk da gasar jirgin kasa, tare da tan 44,034 da ke samar da £ 733 na haraji a 1888, wanda ya ba Kwamishinonin damar nuna ribar £ 216. Jirgin ya ragu dan kadan zuwa tan 42,640 a shekara ta 1898, amma a shekara ta 1905 ya sauka zuwa tan 12,770, kuma Kwamishinonin sun nuna asarar £ 702 a wannan shekarar. Wani Alderman da ke ba da shaida ga Royal Commission on Canals and Waterways a cikin 1905 ya nuna cewa ɗayan kamfanonin jirgin ƙasa suna biyan kuɗi don tattara zirga-zirga a cikin hay da straw, kodayake wannan aikin ya ƙare lokacin da ya zama sanannen jama'a. Yanayin Nene da Wisbech Canal sun ragu, wanda ya hana kewayawa, amma wasu cinikayya a cikin kayan aikin gona, kwal, tubali da kayan gini na hanya sun ci gaba. An kawo kwal ta jirgin ruwa daga Outwell Depot zuwa kusan tashoshin famfo 40.

Akwai 'yan jiragen ruwa na yau da kullun da suka rage a cikin shekarun 1920, daya daga cikinsu ya jagoranci Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Jackson, ta amfani da dawakai don jan jiragen ruwa, da kuma tururi bayan 1930. Lokacin da kamfanin ya dakatar da kasuwanci a 1948, an kai zirga-zirgar sukari zuwa Ely a cikin jiragen ruwa mallakar masana'antar beet na wasu shekaru goma. Man fetur don tashoshin famfo an samar da shi ta jirgin ruwa na Shellfen har zuwa 1971, lokacin da Well Creek ya kusan zama ba zai iya wucewa ba.

 Tashoshin famfo 
Sakamakon zubar da ruwa a kan ƙasa mai sauƙi shine cewa ƙarin raguwa ya faru, kuma matakan ƙasa sun ci gaba da faduwa. A ƙarshen shekarun 1920, ba za a iya dogaro da fitar da nauyi kadai ba don samar da isasshen matakin kariya daga ambaliyar ruwa, kuma an fara canji ga zubar da ruwa. An gina sabon tashar shinge da tashar famfo a St Germans, wanda aka kammala a 1934. "St Germans Pumping Station: History". Middle Level Commissioners. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. An gina shingen a tsakiyar tsohuwar tashar shingen syphon, tare da tashar famfo a kowane bangare. An shigar da famfo guda uku, tare da sarari na huɗu. Kowane ya kunshi     diesel engine haɗe da 8 ft 6 in (2.6  Gwynnes pump, wanda zai iya famfo 840 ton a minti daya, ko 1,234 Megalits a kowace rana (Ml / d). Da zarar an kammala, an rushe shingen syphon, yayin da aka watsar da shingen maye gurbin Hawkshaw da tashar ta. Sabbin ayyukan an biya su ne ta hanyar tallafi, wanda aka bayar a kan yanayin cewa kashi uku cikin hudu na ma'aikata sun fito ne daga yankin. An kara karfin tashar a cikin 1951, lokacin da aka sanya injin diesel na Crossley    a cikin tashar, kuma a cikin 1969-70, lokacin da aka sake gina famfo biyu a gefen arewacin sluice, kuma an maye gurbin injunan da    na lantarki.

Daga 1977 zuwa 1983, an gudanar da jerin ci gaba, wanda ya haɗa da gina tashar famfo a Tebbits Bridge a kan Bevills Leam, hana kewayawa tare da wannan tashar zuwa kudancin matakan Tsakiya. An gina sabon kulle a Lodes End don samar da wata hanya. An ɗaga bakin Kogin Tsohon Nene kuma an yi amfani da yumbu don riƙe ruwa, kuma an yi manyan ci gaba ga koguna Forty Foot, Twenty Foot da Sixteen Foot, don kula da matakan ruwa don kewayawa. Dukkanin gadoji a kan Kogin Sixteen Foot an rushe su kuma an maye gurbinsu don samar da tashoshi masu faɗi, yayin da aka ƙuntata faɗin su a lokacin ruwan sama mai yawa, kuma an sake inganta tashar famfo ta St Germans, "St Germans Pumping Station: History". Middle Level Commissioners. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. lokacin da aka maye gurbin sauran injin 1934 da injin diesel na   .  Ci gaban ya ƙuntata kewayawa a cikin ƙananan yankin kudu maso yamma, amma ya inganta tsaron ambaliyar ruwa sosai.

Tashar famfo ta Tebbitt's Bridge tana da famfo shida na Allen   diamita, kowannensu yana iya yin famfo 260 Ml / d.  Uku daga cikinsu suna da wutar lantarki ta   , wanda Lawrence Scott ya ƙera, wanda ake sarrafawa ta atomatik, yayin da sauran uku ke da wutar lantarki daga injunan diesel na Dorman   , waɗanda ake sarrafawa da hannu. Akwai janareta mai jira, don magance asarar wutar lantarki, kuma lokacin da dukkan famfo shida ke aiki, tashar na iya famfo 1,586 Ml / d, daidai da tan 18 a kowace dakika. 

A watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1998, tashar famfo ta St Germans ta gudana a matsakaicin ƙarfin, wanda ya kasance 6,134 Ml / d (ko tan 71 a kowace dakika), sama da awanni 50,  kuma wannan ya haifar da yanke shawara don maye gurbinsa da sabon shigarwa, tare da ƙarin ƙarfin 40%.  An fara aiki a watan Disamba na shekara ta 2006, kuma tashar famfo, wacce ita ce ta biyu mafi girma a Turai, ta haɗa da bango na gilashi don ba da damar baƙi su ga famfo. An ba da sabon tashar ne a ranar 22 ga Afrilu 2010, bayan haka aka rushe tsohuwar tashar. An gudanar da bikin buɗewa a ranar 20 ga Afrilu 2011,  lokacin da Lord James Russell, ɗan'uwan Duke na Bedford, kuma zuriyar Earl na Bedford wanda ya fara aiwatar da zubar da Fens a ƙarni na goma sha bakwai ya buɗe tashar.  Akwai fiye da ɗari karamin tashoshin famfo da aka warwatsa a ko'ina cikin tsarin don kula da matakan ruwa da hana ambaliyar ruwa."St Germans Pumping Station: History". Middle Level Commissioners. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013.

 Maidowa 
Sha'awar cikin gida don maido da Matsayi na Tsakiya don kewayawa ya fara tasowa a cikin 1949. An kafa reshen Fenlands na Inland Waterways Association a ranar 30 ga Oktoba 1949, kuma biyo bayan tabbacin daga Hukumar Kula da Ruwa ta Ouse cewa suna shirin dawo da kogin don kewayawa har zuwa Bedford, reshen ya yanke shawarar ba da kuzari ga Matsayin Tsakiya, waɗanda suka kasance masu ciyawa da yawa. An sake gina kulle na Salters Lode a 1963, amma wucewa tare da Well Creek yana da wahala sosai. Kungiyar Ruwa ta Gabashin Anglian da Kungiyar Watermans ta Tsakiya sun fara kamfen don a kwashe shi a shekarar 1964. Babban jam'iyyar aiki ta farko da masu sa kai suka yi a kan tsarin ya faru ne a shekarar 1972, lokacin da Well Creek Trust ta shirya wani aikin da ake kira 'Fenatic' a watan Oktoba, wanda ya haɗa da zubar da kogi don a iya share shi daga sharar gida. An sake buɗe shi don zirga-zirga a cikin 1975.

Lokacin da aka gina kewayawa, jiragen da ke amfani da su sune Fen Lighters na gargajiya, wanda ya kasance 46 da 11 feet (14.0 da 3.4 , kuma an ƙuntata ƙofofin daidai. Koyaya, akwai shirin don ƙara girman kulle don sa hanyoyin ruwa su sami damar yin amfani da ƙananan jiragen ruwa. Lodes End lock ya kasance   lokacin da aka gina shi. An tsawaita kulle a Marmount Priory zuwa ƙafa 92 (28 , kulle na Ashline zuwa ƙafa 90 (27 , Stanground zuwa ƙafa 80 (24 , da Horseway zuwa ƙafa 60 (18 .  tare da sabon kulle na Ashline da aka sake buɗewa a ranar 1 ga Afrilu 1999.  Salter's Lode lock yana da ƙofofi uku, tare da ƙofar guillotine a ƙarshen ruwa, da ƙofofin mitre waɗanda ke ba da damar jiragen ruwa har zuwa   tsawo don shiga Kogin Ouse lokacin da matakin kogin ya fi matakin Well Creek girma. Yana yiwuwa ga jiragen ruwa masu tsawo su wuce kai tsaye a wasu jihohin ruwa, amma an tsawaita kulle zuwa  ,  ta hanyar ƙara saiti na uku na ƙofofin mitre, suna fuskantar kogin, wanda za'a iya amfani dashi kawai lokacin da matakin kogin ya fi na Creek. Welches Dam Lock har yanzu yana da girman Fen Lighters, a kawai   tsawo.

An inganta damar zuwa kudancin matakan a cikin shekara ta 2006, lokacin da sojoji daga 53rd Field Squadron na 39 Engineer Regiment suka ɗaga matakin gadar Bailey a Ramsey Hollow. Wannan ya riga ya ƙuntata hanyar, saboda yana da ƙanƙanta sosai, amma motsa jiki ya kara girman kai da   . Kungiyar Inland Waterways ta tara kudade don ƙarin kayan da ake buƙata,  sake ginawa ya buɗe zobe mai nisan kilomita 33 a kan matakan.

 A yau 
Kwamishinonin Matsayi na Tsakiya ne ke sarrafa kewayawa, waɗanda ke da alhakin kimanin mil 120 (190  na hanyar ruwa, wanda kusan mil 100 (160  suna iya tafiya. Kwamishinonin suna da alhakin makullin shida da tashoshin famfo da yawa, kuma sune na huɗu mafi girma a cikin ikon kewayawa a Burtaniya.

Sau da yawa kewayawa suna samar da ɗan gajeren ga masu jirgin ruwa tsakanin Kogin Nene a Peterborough da Kogin Great Ouse a Salters Lode Lock. Hanyar da aka ba da shawarar ta ratsa Stanground Sluice, tare da King's Dyke zuwa Ashline Lock, sannan tare da Whittlesey Dike zuwa mahaɗar Flood's Ferry. Daga nan hanyar tana tare da tsohuwar hanyar Kogin Nene, tana wucewa ta ƙauyukan tagwaye na Outwell da Upwell, inda aka watsar da Wisbech Canal ya taɓa zama hanyar komawa zuwa sabon hanyar Kogin Nen. Hanya ta ƙarshe zuwa Salters Lode kulle tana tare da Well Creek, tana wucewa a saman Babban Ruwa na Tsakiya a kan Mullicourt Aqueduct . Shead, Jim (September 1999). "Middle Level Mysteries". Waterways World: 23. ISSN 0309-1422.

Hanyar da za a iya amfani da ita ta hanyar Horseway sluice da Old Bedford River ba za a iya yi amfani da ita ba, saboda an ayyana kulle a Welches Dam ba shi da aminci kuma an rufe shi a shekara ta 2006, kuma an riƙe reedbed. Matsayin ruwa mai ƙarancin gaske tsakanin Horsheway sluice da Welches Dam lock sau da yawa ana hana wucewa.Shead, Jim (September 1999). "Middle Level Mysteries". Waterways World: 23. ISSN 0309-1422. Wannan yana tsaye don ingantawa, duk da haka, a matsayin wani ɓangare na aikin Fens Waterways Link, wanda ya haɗa da shirye-shiryen inganta hanyar ta hanyar Matsayi na Tsakiya daga Stanground zuwa Salters Lode da zuwa Welches Dam.

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