The main function of the Bude Canal was to carry lime-bearing sand for agricultural fertiliser. It had only two conventional locks, and used inclined planes to haul tub boats on wheels to the upper levels. It was 35 miles (56 km) long, rising from sea level to an altitude of 433 feet (132 m).
The Rolle Canal (or Torrington Canal) in north Devon, extends from its mouth into the River Torridge at Landcross, 6 miles southwards to the industrial mills and corn-mills at Town Mills (now called "Orford Mill"), Rosemoor, Great Torrington, and beyond to Healand Docks and weir on the Torridge, where survive the ruins of Lord Rolle's limekilns.
The Rolle Canal (or Torrington Canal) in north Devon, extends from its mouth into the River Torridge at Landcross, 6 miles southwards to the industrial mills and corn-mills at Town Mills (now called "Orford Mill"), Rosemoor, Great Torrington, and beyond to Healand Docks and weir on the Torridge, where survive the ruins of Lord Rolle's limekilns.
