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Exeter Ship Canal red plaque

Commemorative plaque

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This red commemorative plaque records: EXETER SHIP CANAL Opened 1566 and later extended. The first canal to be built in Britain since Roman times and the first to use Pound locks Recorded plaque organisation: Transport Trust.

From the Open Plaques record 55847

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