Double Sluice Gate Burrator Woods, SW Devon UK - Historic Hand Operated Sluice Gates on Waymarking.com

This double sluice gate can be located on the Devonport Leat in Burrator Woods.
One gate regulates the water flow on the leat and the other the flow on the overflow channel.

Devonport Leat is a considerable engineering achievement. It was built in the 1790's to take fresh water to the ever growing docks of Devonport in Plymouth, but now it terminates at Burrator reservoir. The water is taken from the West Dart River and the Cowsic, north of Two Bridges. Only the Dartmoor section of the leat survives due to building and modernization within the city of Plymouth.

The route of the leat is a popular picturesque walk through the woodlands and up onto the higher moorland.


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Name of Waterway.: Devonport Leat Roughly when was the Waterway created?: Late 1700's Is this waterway working?: Working What is the condition of the sluice gate?: Excellent working order What is/was the water used for?: Drinking Water

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Date Logged Log   10/07/2010 Brentorboxer visited it