Canals & Rivers Trust

What Lies Beneath….

Seven looted safes, a car engine, beer barrels and a small sunken boat…just some of the items that were found at the bottom of a 200 year old canal lock near Leicester City Centre.

I was photographing the hoard for The Canals and Rivers Trust whose engineers had emptied the lock to carry out routine maintenance on the brickwork and gates.

The discovery of so much debris is a complete contrast to the renaissance of the city’s waterways, where the cleaner water has recently attracted otters back to the city for the first time in 30 years as well as kingfishers and other wildlife.

Leicestershire police are now involved and are examining the empty safes…the trust were hoping whoever dumped them had left some cash behind that could have helped towards the £10,000 cost of the clean up!