Still draining the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

Wednesday 11th November 2009, 9:54PM GMT.

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British Waterways started draining the Pontcysllte Aqueduct on Monday; on Wednesday lunchtime the water was still pouring out.

As our video shows, it takes a long time to pull the plug on more than a million litres of water.

(Thanks to Dave Roberts for the additional footage.)



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