Bude, On The Canal 1920
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Bude's canal, built in 1823, was something of an oddity. For its first two miles, it was a barge canal – as seen here. Then, freight was trans-shipped into small 5-ton tubs with wheels. These were horse-drawn; but instead of using locks, the tub boats were hauled up and down inclined planes by engine to reach the different water levels. By the 1830s over thirty miles of canal had been constructed, which was used to transport 50,000 tons of sea sand a year from the north Cornwall coast for use as fertiliser on inland farms.
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