Devonport Leat, Dartmoor, Devon UK
N 50° 31.486 W 004° 00.850
30U E 428112 N 5597470
A leat which supplies Burrator Reservoir with water.
Waymark Code: WM8K2M
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/12/2010
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Devonport Leat is a considerable engineering achievement. It was built in the 1790's to take fresh water to the ever growing docks of Devonport in Plymouth, but now it terminates at Burrator reservoir. The water is taken from the West Dart River and the Cowsic, north of Two Bridges. Only the Dartmoor section of the leat survives due to building and modernization within the city of Plymouth. The aqueduct was built to take the water from the leat over the River Meavy.
The GPS for this waymark was taken at the aqueduct over the River Meavy, this part of the leat is a popular walking route.
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