Description and History of Site:-
The Caistor Canal was built under an Act of Parliament of 1793 following the survey of the engineer William Jessop in 1792. It was disused by 1877. It ran from the River Ancholme Navigation eastward towards the town of Caistor, but only about half was completed and construction was abandoned when the canal reached the village of Moortown.
Early OS maps show six locks. The highest of these, near the basin at Moortown, had totally disappeared by the 1960s together with any other remains of a wharf, basin, or buildings that might have formed part of the canal.
The five remaining lock chambers on the 4.5 miles of canal are approximately 14ft (4.27m) and 60ft (18.29m) long and were probably built to accommodate Humber Keels. The locks were built to a high standard and are an excellent example of 18 th Century design and construction. As such the Canal and Locks predate John Rennie's Ancholme drainage scheme by some 30 years.
Adapted from the listing entry.
Further Reading and References:-https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI52709&resourceID=1006
Wright N R, Lincolnshire's Industrial Heritage - A Guide, Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, 2004,WL21-p91
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Key Words :- canal lock
Viewing the Site :- Can be viewed from the footpath along the River Ancholme and at various other locations
Address :- South Kelsey, Caistor, Lincolnshire, DN21 4RT
Grid Ref :- TF 01147 98965
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.477702 , Long -0.477412
Local Authority :- West Lindsey District Council
Pre 1974 County :- Lincolnshire - Lindsey
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1396410, 1396411, 1396412, 1396413, 1396408, 1396409,
Site Condition :- Site derelict - some buildings remaining
Site Dates :- 1793 -
Record Date :- 19 May 2021
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © John Suter
Grid Ref :- TF 01147 98965
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.477702 , Long -0.477412
Local Authority :- West Lindsey District Council
Pre 1974 County :- Lincolnshire - Lindsey
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1396410, 1396411, 1396412, 1396413, 1396408, 1396409,
Site Condition :- Site derelict - some buildings remaining
Site Dates :- 1793 -
Record Date :- 19 May 2021
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © John Suter