The Exeter Ship Canal, also known as the Exeter Canal is a canal leading from the River Exe to Exeter Quay in the city of Exeter, Devon, England. It was first constructed in the 1560s predating the "canal mania" period and is one of the oldest artificial waterways in the UK.
Boats moored in Exeter Canal basin
Watercolour painting of the canal basin by John Gendall painted between 1835 and 1840. Royal Albert Memorial Museum.
The lower part of the canal, from the line of the M5 motorway to its mouth at Turf Lock
Countess Wear Canal Swing and Bascule Bridges over the Exeter Canal
Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management or for conveyancing water transport vehicles. They carry free, calm surface flow under atmospheric pressure, and can be thought of as artificial rivers.
The Alter Strom, in the sea resort of Warnemünde, Germany
The Royal Canal in Ireland
Small boat canals such as the Basingstoke Canal fuelled the industrial revolution in much of Europe and the United States.
Bridge on the Naviglio Grande, in the town of Cassinetta di Lugagnano, in Italy