Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.

Waterways of Cornwall

Liskeard & Looe Union Canal

Waterway's place in Cornwall :

An abandoned canal that ran entirely within Cornwall.

Description:

Was a 5 mile 7 furlong, 25 locks, broad canal from Terras Pill, Looe, Cornwall, to Moorswater near Liskeard used to carry lime and sea-sand.

History:

Authorised by an Act of 1825, fully open in 1828, closed around 1910.

For more details see the History page

Related Books

• The Canals of South West England by Charles Hadfield, ISBN: 0 7153 4176 6, 206 pages, Published by David & Charles, in 1967, Order now from .

 

Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.