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The following year, the East and West Looe Harbour and Bridge Act was passed, which stated that "the present bridge across the harbour is dilapidated and ill built". [15] A similar description of the old structure said that it was a "narrow time-eaten bridge [that] had become ruinous and dangerous". [16]
Looe (/ ˈ l uː /; Cornish: Logh, [1] lit. ' deep water inlet ') is a coastal town and civil parish in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, with a population of 5,280 at the 2011 census.
Terras Bridge, also known as Terras Pill Bridge, is a road bridge near Morval in Cornwall, England.Built in c. 1825, the Grade II listed bridge crosses the tidal East Looe River, and is adjacent to the Liskeard and Looe Railway and the remains of the Liskeard and Looe Union Canal.
Liskeard and Looe Railway; Looe Bridge; Looe Community Academy; Looe East (electoral division) Looe Guildhall; Looe high-level railway station; Looe Island; Looe Lifeboat Station; Looe Music Festival; Looe railway station; Looe Valley Line; Looe West, Lansallos and Lanteglos (electoral division) Looe West, Pelynt, Lansallos and Lanteglos ...
The canal started from a point on the tidal East Looe River just below Terras Bridge, about a mile (about 1.5 km) above Looe bridge.When the railway branch line was built, a bridge over the canal was made, and this bridge can still be seen, showing the alignment of the canal at its lower termination.
South of Liskeard, the Looe Valley Line railway follows the course of the East Looe River to Looe. The railway is so close to the river that flooding is a common occurrence. [3] The lowest stretch of the rivers combine to form the tidal harbour and estuary of Looe. The combined length of the two rivers (including the tidal confluence) is 30.48 ...
East Looe had a very small electorate and a dominant patron, John Buller of Morval House, which meant it was recognised by the UK Parliament as a rotten borough. [8] Its right to elect members of parliament was removed by the Reform Act 1832 . [ 9 ]
The Liskeard to Looe line at Terras level crossing from the causeway, looking east. The Liskeard and Looe Railway can nowadays be more conveniently thought of as the Looe Branch. It leaves Liskeard station (on the broadly east-west Plymouth to Penzance main line) in a northward direction, turning in a narrow sweep to pass southwards under the ...