A decision on the canal sluice schedule should be judged at the South Canal sluice house, where the rule changes an ordinary route, shift or service. Follow a public decision from the signed page to the household that has to live with it. The current file is the Year fifth, high summer window 3 review, not a permanent settlement of every future case.
The the gate release board and millers’ water receipts lists 54 release minutes recorded at the lower gate; the previous window lists 58. Lina Vale checked both against service rosters compared with the hours a resident can actually reach a desk. The difference matters because how water turns are apportioned when the clock and the gate marker disagree.
Millers use the gate clock to plan a shift. Canal crews compare it with the marked level on the stone wall. Those objections deserve a clear answer. They are not a reason to keep an uncheckable rule simply because its wording is familiar.
A useful decision names who will do the work, which count will change and when the result comes back to the public table. In this case, the downstream clock runs slow when its iron casing is cold.
The Year fifth, high summer window 3 file remains open for its scheduled decision. The canal crew will post a checked clock reading beside each release.
