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I had a complete set of cast iron downpipes/brackets/hoppers made ages ago back in the day when I did Conservation Building Work. East Coast Castings did the work. From memory the patternwork for hoppers (x2 designs), brackets, 6" rectangular downpipes was about £5k. I had bronze and cast...

This can be a great and attractive way to recycle a redundant concrete slab - have a look at "Urbanite" retaining walls. Basically chunks of concrete laid as dry stone wall.

Some jobs can't be done at a price that the customer is prepared to pay. If you really are limited to someone in a wetsuit hanging off the lock gate, I'd try a few different types of drill bit with your existing set up (including metal bits), then I'd probably suggest a much bigger budget was...

Make a jig and coach bolt it to the face? Water jet cutter? Drain a section of canal and take the gate off? Trench Piles around the gate and pump it out? Abrasive drill head with water lubrication?

More a bike accumulator now. Mostly ride a 70s Norman Fay.