https://www.ipernity.com/tag/302581/keyword/1403211 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/101/F5/9D/302581.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/302581/keyword/1403211 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:10:03 +0000 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:10:03 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/302581/52715404 tag:ipernity.com,2024-12-07,doc-52715404 Sat, 07 Dec 2024 16:23:02 +0000 2002-07-31T15:55:52+00:00 nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/302581">tarboat</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/302581/52715404"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/54/04/52715404.dde2a14b.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="179" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The Rolle or Torrington Canal in north Devon extends from its mouth into the River Torridge at Landcross 6 miles southwards to the industrial mills and corn-mills at Town Mills, Rosemoor, Great Torrington, and beyond to Healand Docks and weir on the Torridge, where survive the ruins of Lord Rolle's limekilns. This tub-boat canal was completed in 1827 and was closed in 1871 when it was sold to the London and South Western Railway to form the trackway of the proposed new railway from Bideford to Torrington.<br /> <br /> Some parts of the canal are still visible today, including this, the Beam Aqueduct, over the River Torridge/ It is now used to carry the entrance drive to Beam Mansion, now an adventure holiday centre.</div> Beam aqueduct <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/302581">tarboat</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/302581/52715404"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/54/04/52715404.dde2a14b.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="179" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The Rolle or Torrington Canal in north Devon extends from its mouth into the River Torridge at Landcross 6 miles southwards to the industrial mills and corn-mills at Town Mills, Rosemoor, Great Torrington, and beyond to Healand Docks and weir on the Torridge, where survive the ruins of Lord Rolle's limekilns. This tub-boat canal was completed in 1827 and was closed in 1871 when it was sold to the London and South Western Railway to form the trackway of the proposed new railway from Bideford to Torrington.<br /> <br /> Some parts of the canal are still visible today, including this, the Beam Aqueduct, over the River Torridge/ It is now used to carry the entrance drive to Beam Mansion, now an adventure holiday centre.</div> tarboat