St Columb Canal

50°28′N 5°02′W / 50.467°N 5.033°W / 50.467; -5.033

St Columb Canal
Lusty Glaze Beach, with the inclined plane on the extreme left
Map
Specifications
Locks2 inclined planes
Statusparts traceable
History
Date of act1773
Date of first use1779
Date closed1781
Geography
Start pointMawgan Porth
End pointLusty Glaze
St Columb Canal
Trenance Point inclined plane
River Menalhyl
Porth Farm
Moreland
Little Lanherne - Lower Lanherne road
Lower Lanherne
New Farm
Lanvean - Lower Denzell Road
Travedras
Bolingey - Lower Denzell road
Bolingey
River Menalhyl, Whitewater
Rialton Barton
St Columb Porth - Rialton road
St Columb Porth - Penrose road
St Columb Minor
St Columb Porth - Higher Porth road
St Columb Porth
Lusty Glaze inclined plane

St Columb Canal sometimes referred to as Edyvean's Canal, was an abortive canal scheme in Cornwall, England, designed for the carriage of sea sand for use as manure. It was authorised in 1773, and part of it may have been briefly used around 1780.