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The Bude Canal was a canal built to serve the hilly hinterland in the Devon and Cornwall border territory in the United Kingdom, chiefly to bring lime-bearing sand for agricultural fertiliser. The Bude Canal system was one of the most unusual in Britain.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Waterscape - Bude Canal )〕 It was remarkable in using inclined planes to haul tub boats on wheels to the upper levels. There were only two conventional locks, in the short broad canal section near the sea at Bude itself. It had a total extent of , and it rose from sea level to an altitude of . The design of the canal influenced the design of the Rolle Canal. ==Origins== The coastal area at Bude has sand unusually rich in minerals and the poor agricultural land of the locality was found to benefit considerably from application of the sand. In the pre-industrial age, actually transporting it was difficult, even to land relatively close to the coast. Several schemes were put forward for canals to bring the sand to the countryside, and these proposals did not lack ambition. One scheme, aimed at distributing Welsh coal from the port as far inland as Calstock on the River Tamar, gained parliamentary approval for construction in 1774, but financial problems frustrated the proposal. In 1818, the West Country canal engineer James Green produced a report for canal's backers, and an Act of Parliament was obtained for this more moderate proposal in 1819. After some difficulties in the construction phase the canal was completed and opened on 8 July 1823. Its cost was £118,000. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bude Canal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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