5150 x 3421 px | 43,6 x 29 cm | 17,2 x 11,4 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
2009
Lieu:
Bude, North Cornwall, England
Informations supplémentaires:
In 1823 the Bude Canal project was started, and its first function was to carry beach sand and seaweed (to sweeten the acidic moorland soils) some 20 miles inland to Launceston and then for returning cargos of local crops (grain and slate) from that area..The Bude Canal was actually dug for 35 miles before work was abandoned, running from Bude to Holsworthy and on to Launceston. A difficult engineering feat, it used water from the Tamar Lakes to top up its water levels. The railway eventually stopped all transport on the canal, as it did elsewhere, operations ceased in 1891. The canal was abandoned and without maintenance it very quickly deteriorated. Today only two miles are navigable. Today only the first two miles of the canal from Bude to Helebridge have water in them and are used by for fishing, walking and boating. Much of the remainder of the canal is overgrown, though canal preservation groups are opening up paths along the route of the old canal.
