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Looe Canal

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Looe Canal
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A named place photographed at this map point in Cornwall.
The Looe Canal, completed in 1805, was a 12-mile waterway in Cornwall designed to transport granite and other goods from the Looe Valley to the sea. It is historically significant as an example of early 19th-century industrial infrastructure and was connected to local quarrying and maritime trade networks.

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Photo: David Stowell · CC BY-SA 2.0