Stover Canal

Stover Canal
The north side of the bridge at Teignbridge
Specifications
Maximum boat length56 ft 0 in (17.07 m)
Locks5
StatusRestoration pending
History
Original ownerJames Templer
Principal engineerThomas Gray
Date of first use1792
Date closed1937
Geography
Start pointJetty Marsh, Newton Abbot
End pointVentiford
Connects toRiver Teign
Stover Canal
Jewsbridge feeder
Ventiford Basin
Wharf
5
Teigngrace lock
4
Graving Dock lock
Fishwick feeder
3
Teignbridge lock
Wharf
Newton to Exeter road
1-2
Jetty Marsh staircase
Whitelake channel
Teign Navigation

The Stover Canal is a canal located in Devon, England. It was opened in 1792 and served the ball clay industry until it closed in the early 1940s. Today it is derelict, but the Stover Canal Society is aiming to restore it and reopen it to navigation.