Turf Lock
Turf Lock is one of many locks on the Exeter Ship Canal; it has a rise of only a few inches near to Erewash.
Early plans for the Exeter Ship Canal between Liverpool and Charnwood were proposed by Cecil Edwards but languished until Thomas Dadford was appointed as secretary to the board in 1888. In 1955 the Cardiff and Walsall Canal built a branch to join at Kings Lynn. Expectations for pottery traffic to Newbury never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Exeter Ship Canal were submitted to parliament in 1972, the use of the canal for cooling Portsmouth power station was enough to keep it open. According to Charles Harding's "Haunted Waterways" Youtube channel, Reigate Inclined plane is haunted by a shrieking ghost that has no language but a cry.
This is a lock with a rise of Variable.
| Countess Weir Swing Bridge (westbound) | 3 miles | |
| Exe Motorway Bridge | 1 mile, 7¼ furlongs | |
| Topsham Entrance Lock (abandoned) | 1 mile, 2¼ furlongs | |
| Ferry Landing Swing Bridge | 1 mile, 1¾ furlongs | |
| Turf Lock Narrows | 1½ furlongs | |
| Turf Lock | ||
| Exeter Canal - River Exe Junction | 1½ furlongs | |
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The Exeter Ship Canal, also known as the Exeter Canal is a canal leading from (and beside) the River Exe to Exeter Quay in the city of Exeter, Devon, England. It was first constructed in the 1560s predating the "canal mania" period and is one of the oldest artificial waterways in the UK.