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Millions of television viewers saw Whalley take a giant leap into a new age of water power thisweek.


to deliverthei3-tonnescrew- 12 metres long and 3.6 metres wide - then on Tuesday morn­ ing eased down a farm track to the site on the Billington side of the weir to be lowered into place in just six minutes. “It’s a very important mile­


stone in the project, and it’s all gone extremely well,” said


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It was the biggest free show around as fascinated villagers watched contractors lower a huge steel Archimedean screw into a concrete trough, where it will spin to generate hydro­ electricity using the power of the River Calder. A low-loader lorry crept through thevillageonMonday


Chris Gathercole, a director of Whalley Hydro. BBC and Granada camera


crews plus local photogra­ phers recorded the operation while people watched from the Calder bridge and a near­ by footpath. ■ The project combines modern technology with an­ cient engineering; the weir built by Whalley Abbey’s monks 600 years ago and the screw device for raising water, credited to Archimedes, from at least three centuries BC. Whenthe£750,oooproject


is handed over to Whalley Community Hydro Ltd in mid-November, it will pro­ duce power for 100 homes, to be fed into the National Grid and earn money for share­ holders and community schemes. Thegeneratingstationwill


not be open to casual visitors, but school parties will be able to organise visits.


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Is your little one heading to school for the first time? Are you gushing with


pride after seeing your child in uniform? Then why not share


snaps of the “new pupils” with readersoftheClithe- roe Advertiser and Times. Schools acros s the


Ribble Valley are opening their doors after the long summer holidays and hun­ dreds of parents across the borough will no doubt be fighting back tears as their little ones go to school for the first time today. To mark this special


moment, we are asking our readers to send pictures of their children ready for their first day at school. You can submit pictures


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The 40ft Archimedes sere w arrives at Whalley Weir.


many pictures as possible onlineatwww.clitheroead- vertiser.cd.uk and in next week’s edition.


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