St Austell: Charlestown Leat
Introduction
The photograph on this page of St Austell: Charlestown Leat by Martin Bodman as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
St Austell: Charlestown Leat
Image: © Martin Bodman Taken: Unknown
The leat is still functioning and runs for miles; in tunnel in places. It served a watermill at Charlestown and fed two ponds which provided water for the harbour. Who maintains it today? If anyone knows more on its history, I would be pleased to hear
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
50.357797
Longitude
-4.752622