Exeter Canal #8 - Topsham Lock
Creator: LordDarcy
Deployed: YES
Deployed On: Aug 10, 2011
Location: N/A
First to Capture: Growlers
Last Capture: Mar 23, 2013
Number of Captures: 7
Decimal: 50.68235 -3.47156
Degrees: 50° 40.941 -3° 28.294
The Exeter Ship Canal, sometimes just called the Exeter Canal, downstream of Exeter, Devon, England was built in the 1560s which means it pre-dates the "canal mania" period and is one of the oldest artificial waterways in the UK.
Now it provides a backdrop to an excellent footpath and cycle path.
In the 1270s or 80s, the Countess of Devon, Isabella de Fortibus, built a weir across the river to power her mills (this weir is remembered in the name of the nearby suburb Countess Wear).
Opposite is the old Topsham Lock Cottage.
Attached to a tree just off the path.
Now it provides a backdrop to an excellent footpath and cycle path.
In the 1270s or 80s, the Countess of Devon, Isabella de Fortibus, built a weir across the river to power her mills (this weir is remembered in the name of the nearby suburb Countess Wear).
Opposite is the old Topsham Lock Cottage.
Attached to a tree just off the path.