St Columb Canal
| St Columb Canal | |
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Lusty Glaze Beach, with the inclined plane on the extreme left | |
| Specifications | |
| Locks | 2 inclined planes |
| Status | parts traceable |
| History | |
| Date of act | 1773 |
| Date of first use | 1779 |
| Date closed | 1781 |
| Geography | |
| Start point | Mawgan Porth |
| End point | Lusty Glaze |
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St Columb Canal sometimes referred to as Edyvean's Canal, was an abortive canal scheme in Cornwall, England, designed for the carriage of sea sand for use as manure. It was authorised in 1773, and part of it may have been briefly used around 1780.
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