Construction of the 3.53-km-long tender section is difficult because of its large scale, where a single trough is 1,200 tons in weight and 9.6 meters in height.

With an angle grinder and some elbow grease of course. Young says he plans to set up his ‘man cave’ one day, which will prominently feature troughs from Winnipeg Arena and now Canad Inns Stadium.

As an emergency action, the DWP opened aqueduct spill gates 25 miles north to drain the damaged section and make repairs. Those massive releases were not without consequence however.

Designed by John Rennie and constructed by Alexander Stevens, the aqueduct consists of five stone arches supporting a 600ft (183m) stone trough.

The aqueduct carries the Llangollen Canal in a long iron trough that's suspended high above the Dee Valley. With more than 11,000 bolts to check it's not a quick job. They also need to look at ...

The cast iron trough holds 1.5m litres of water from Llangollen Canal Contractors with a head for heights have begun clean-up work on Wrexham's towering Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.

Updated: 2013-11-15 ( cggc.cc ) On Nov 12 CEEC completed Shahe Aqueduct Tender Section II (part of the middle line of South-to-North Water Diversion Project), 48 days ahead of schedule.