Caistor Canal

Caistor Canal
Water flowing over the weir and through the derelict chamber of Moor lock. The stonework is still in remarkably good condition.
Specifications
Locks6
StatusDerelict but largely extant
History
Original ownerCaistor Canal Navigation Company
Principal engineerRobert Dickenson
Date of act1793
Date of first use1800
Date closed1855
Geography
Start pointMoortown
End pointRiver Ancholme
Caistor Canal
River Ancholme
River Ancholme towpath bridge
Beck End lock
Ings lock
Willow lock
Brigg Road, South Kelsey
South Kelsey basin
Mill lock
Moor lock
B1205 and Jervis Bridge
infilled section
Moortown lock
Moortown wharf
B1434 Bridge, Moortown
Nettleton Beck

The Caistor Canal was a 4-mile (6.4 km) canal in Lincolnshire, England, constructed between 1793 and 1798. It fell into disuse sometime after 1850 and was legally abandoned in 1936. It ran from the River Ancholme, near South Kelsey toward Caistor through six locks, terminating at Moortown, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) away from its intended terminus at Caistor.[1] Parts of it were dredged in 2010, to aid flood defences in South Kelsey.

  1. ^ Historic England. "Caistor Canal (349937)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 15 March 2013.