A slide of an old photograph of a china clay barge loading china clay on to a larger ship from Teignmouth docks to be transported. This happened mid stream in the river Teign. In the backgound can be seen the bridge that spans the Teign between Teignmouth and Shaldon. The canal was built in the 18th Century, and was used to transport clay and other minerals from the Bovey Basin and granite from quarries on Dartmoor to the docks at Teignmouth for nearly 150 years. The canal runs for 2 miles from Ventiford Basin near Teigngrace to Jetty Marsh on the outskirts of Newton Abbot. From there, barges would follow the tidal Whitelake Channel, then the River Teign to Teignmouth docks, a further 5 miles, where the cargo was transhipped to seagoing coasters.

Boddy Collection