Devonport Leat

Devonport Leat
Devonport Leat looking East towards Cramber Tor at Raddick Hill Falls
Coordinates50°34′49″N 3°57′43″W / 50.5802°N 3.9620°W / 50.5802; -3.9620
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The Devonport Leat is a leat in Devon constructed in the 1790s to carry fresh drinking water from the high ground of Dartmoor to the expanding dockyards at Plymouth Dock (which was renamed as Devonport, Devon on 1 January 1824).

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