Tavistock Canal
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Tavistock Canal is a historic early 19th-century waterway in Devon, England, built to serve local mines and industry and now valued as a heritage and wildlife site.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tavistock Canal canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
navigation ⓘ |
| builtForIndustry |
arsenic works
ⓘ
copper mining ⓘ tin mining ⓘ |
| connectedTo | River Tamar via Morwellham Quay ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1803 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| currentUse |
heritage site
ⓘ
wildlife site ⓘ |
| designedBy | John Taylor ⓘ |
| economicRole |
Tamar Valley Mining District
ⓘ
surface form:
supported Tavistock mining district
|
| endPoint | Morwellham Quay ⓘ |
| environmentalSignificance |
habitat for aquatic and riparian species
ⓘ
wildlife corridor ⓘ |
| followsRiver | River Tavy ⓘ |
| hasHeritageTrail | Tavistock Canal walking route ⓘ |
| hasLength | about 4.5 miles ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Morwell Down Tunnel
ⓘ
aqueducts ⓘ embankments ⓘ sluices ⓘ weirs ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Scheduled Monument
ⓘ
part of Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| historicalEra | early 19th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Devon
ⓘ
England ⓘ southwest England ⓘ
surface form:
South West England
|
| managedBy | local authorities ⓘ |
| near | Dartmoor National Park ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early 19th-century mining transport engineering
ⓘ
long rock-cut tunnel ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1817 ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
to supply water to mines and industry
ⓘ
to transport copper ore ⓘ to transport other minerals ⓘ |
| servesCity | Tavistock ⓘ |
| startPoint | Tavistock ⓘ |
| status |
partly disused
ⓘ
partly in water supply use ⓘ |
| terminusAt | Morwellham Quay ⓘ |
| transportMode | inland waterway ⓘ |
| usedFor |
angling
ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ industrial water supply ⓘ recreation ⓘ |
| worldHeritageSiteComponentOf |
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site
ⓘ
surface form:
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Walreddon Manor