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Radio Cornwall,30 Aug 2024,4 mins

Cornwall’s coast-to-coast canal dream

Hidden Cornwall

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Elizabeth Dale, who writes about local history as the Cornish Bird Blogger has been researching the plans that were formed during the late 19th and early 20th century. A small group of Cornish engineers had the idea of building a canal to join St Ives Bay with Mounts Bay. Photo credit: Elizabeth Dale.

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