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The Basingstoke Canal was unrecognisable this week after a mammoth operation removed all but a sliver of water from a mile-long stretch in Woking .

The "dewatering" has been undertaken to allow repair of the Rive Ditch Culvert, that runs within the canal.

Dams made up of planks of wood were constructed under the Skew Bridge crossing and at Monument bridge before water was pumped out.

The repair operation is expected to last several weeks.