The Liskeard and Looe Union Canal was a broad canal between Liskeard and Looe in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It was almost 6 miles long and had 24 locks, and it opened progressively from 1827. The engin
The remains of a lock on the defunct canal
Ruined limekiln at Sandplace; when the canal opened limekilns opened at Moorswater and lime by-passed Sandplace
A view looking south at Plashford Bridge; the East Looe River is on the left; then the railway line to Looe; then the remains of the canal
Liskeard and Looe Railway
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The Liskeard and Looe Railway was a railway originally built between Moorswater, in the valley west of Liskeard, and Looe, in Cornwall, England, UK, and later extended to Liskeard station on the Corni
Liskeard and Looe Union Canal
…on Caradon Hill were exploited, it benefited considerably, carrying the mineral down to Looe Harbour. The trade increased so much that a railway—the Liskeard and Looe Railway—was built alongside its course by the Canal Company, and the canal itself gradually ceased to be navigable. The canal started from a point on the tidal…
The Liskeard to Looe line at Terras level crossing from the causeway, looking east
Sandplace station on the Liskeard to Looe line, looking north
Abandoned track between Moorswater and Coombe
The platform for Looe at Liskeard