Caistor Canal

Caistor Canal
Water flowing over the weir and through the derelict chamber of Moor lock. The stonework is still in remarkably good condition.
Specifications
Locks	6
Status	Derelict but largely extant
History
Original owner	Caistor Canal Navigation Company
Principal engineer	Robert Dickenson
Date of act	1793
Date of first use	1800
Date closed	1855
Geography
Start point	Moortown
End point	River Ancholme

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Legend
River Ancholme River Ancholme towpath bridge Beck End lock Ings lock Willow lock Brigg Road, South Kelsey South Kelsey basin Mill lock Moor lock B1205 and Jervis Bridge infilled section Moortown lock Moortown wharf B1434 Bridge, Moortown Nettleton Beck

The Caistor Canal was a 4-mile (6.4 km) canal in Lincolnshire, England, constructed between 1793 and 1798. It fell into disuse sometime after 1850 and was legally abandoned in 1936. It ran from the River Ancholme, near South Kelsey toward Caistor through six locks, terminating at Moortown, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) away from its intended terminus at Caistor.^[1] Parts of it were dredged in 2010, to aid flood defences in South Kelsey.