Raddick Hill Sluice Gate, South Dartmoor, Devon UK
N 50° 31.370 W 004° 00.660
30U E 428334 N 5597252
A sluice gate on Southern Dartmoor.
Waymark Code: WMA6M2
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/24/2010
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This sluice gate can be located on the Devonport Leat on Raddick Hill. On my visit the the leat was very much overflowing after heavy rainfall the previous night.
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.
Name of Waterway.: Devonport Leat
Roughly when was the Waterway created?: 1790's
Is this waterway working?: Working
What is the condition of the sluice gate?: Reasonable
What is/was the water used for?: Drinking Water
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