Spynie Canal

Spynie Canal

Spynie Canal is a canal in Moray, Scotland, which lies between Elgin and Lossiemouth. It drains into the River Lossie near its mouth at Lossiemouth.

History

Spynie Canal was created as the culmination of attempts to drain Loch Spynie (which survives as a small loch) and the low lying areas between Spynie Palace and Lossiemouth, the surplus water flowing through sluice gates at Lossiemouth. Thomas Telford was consulted in 1808 and the contractor for the work 1808-11 was a Mr Hughes, who had worked on the Caledonian Canal. The unprecedented floods of 1829 caused considerable damage and subsequently dykes were thrown up along the canal's banks.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Forres Gazette, 17 September 1884, p. 4, article entitled 'History of Spynie Canal'
↑ http://hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk/hslive/hsstart?P_HBNUM=37613

Navigable canals of the United Kingdom

England	Aire and Calder¹ Ashby-de-la-Zouch² Ashton Beverley Beck Birmingham Canal Navigations³ Bridgewater Bridgwater and Taunton Bude² Calder and Hebble¹ Cambridgeshire Lodes³ Chelmer and Blackwater¹ Chesterfield² Chichester² Coventry Driffield Droitwich Erewash Foss Dyke Gloucester and Sharpness Grand Union³ Grand Western² Grantham² Herefordshire and Gloucestershire² Hollinwood Branch² Huddersfield Broad Huddersfield Narrow Ipswich and Stowmarket¹² Kennet and Avon Lancaster² Leeds and Liverpool³ Limehouse Llangollen Lydney Macclesfield Manchester Bolton & Bury² Manchester Ship Canal Market Weighton² Middle Level Navigations³ Montgomery² North Walsham & Dilham¹² Nottingham² Oxford¹ Peak Forest Pocklington² Regent's Canal Ribble Link¹ Ripon River Lee Navigation¹ Rochdale Royal Military Canal Sankey² Selby Sheffield and South Yorkshire¹³ Shropshire Union³ Sleaford¹² South Forty-Foot Drain Staffordshire and Worcestershire Stort¹ Stourbridge Stratford-upon-Avon Stroudwater² Thames and Medway² Thames and Severn² Trent and Mersey³ Weaver¹ Wey and Arun² Wey and Godalming¹ Wilts & Berks² Witham Navigable Drains³ Worcester and Birmingham

Northern Ireland	Broharris Canal Coalisland Canal Dukart's Canal Lagan Canal Newry Canal Shannon–Erne Waterway Strabane Canal Ulster Canal

Scotland	Caledonian Canal¹ Crinan Canal Forth and Clyde Union Canal

Wales	Llangollen Canal Monmouthshire and Brecon² Montgomery Canal² Neath and Tennant² Swansea Canal²

Features	Aqueducts (list) Basins Locks Rings Tunnels (list) Winding holes

Related topics	British Waterways Canal & River Trust Scottish Canals History of the British canal system Narrowboats National Waterways Museum Navigable aqueduct Waterways Ireland

Notes: ¹ Contains canalised river. ² Partly or mostly navigable, and/or under restoration. ³ A system of canals. Canals which form part of this system are not listed here individually.

Coordinates: 57°41′14″N 3°16′41″W / 57.68713°N 3.27813°W / 57.68713; -3.27813

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Spynie Canal

History

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