This morning they brought back and fixed the hinges of the upper gates. The brass rings have been renewed, each part was put on the axle of each door and soldered to be kept in place.
I now understand why the passage above the upper gates had been closed for the last few days. The axle of both doors were loose and it would have been hazardous to cross the lock walking on the top of the gates.
The foreman told me that meanwhile, new paddles were manufactured in the workshop, he hoped that Thursday or maybe Friday, they could be put back into place on the gates.
He hesitated a moment, I could seen him thinking, then he added, “we might even come on Saturday”.
We are fortunate not to have planned any museum visit on that day.
The Chat Lune is a Linssen Yacht on the move 