5472 x 3648 px | 46,3 x 30,9 cm | 18,2 x 12,2 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
18 settembre 2020
Ubicazione:
Beam, Great Torrington, Devon. England.
Altre informazioni:
The Beam Aqueduct was originally constructed to carry the Rolle Canal over the River Torridge. In Henry Williamson’s novel ‘Tarka the Otter’ it is called the ‘Canal Bridge’ and is the birthplace of this fictional animal. It is now a road bridge offering access to Beam House. The Rolle Canal was built between 1820 and 1824 for Lord Rolle. The weir which diverted the flow of the River Torridge into a leat, maintaining the canals water level is situated just above the RHS Rosemoor attraction. In total, it stretched for seven and a half miles to the tidal River Torridge, below Weare Gifford. It functioned as the main route for goods into and out of the area for a just under fifty years until it was abandoned in the 1870's when the railway succeeded it. The Tarka Trail covers a distance of 180 miles (290 km), following a figure-of-eight route through the North Devon countryside; setting for the fictional ‘Tarka the Otter’ in Henry Williamson’s book. The 31mile (48km) section from Braunton to Meeth is level and mainly tarmacked being built on the disused Railway line. The river Torridge which flows alongside starts its life on Woolley Moors between Bradworthy and Morwenstow. After completing a long loop, it meets the Taw at Appledore then flows out into the Bristol Channel. It is famous for its setting in ‘Tarka the Otter’ by Henry Williamson and more lately in ‘Flow’ a novel for young adults by John Insull.
