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Drainage canal in Moray, Scotland

Spynie Canal is a canal in Moray, Scotland, which lies between Elgin and Lossiemouth. It drains into the River Lossie near its mouth at Lossiemouth.

History

Spynie Canal was created as the culmination of attempts to drain Loch Spynie (which survives as a small loch) and the low-lying areas between Spynie Palace and Lossiemouth, the surplus water flowing through sluice gates at Lossiemouth. Thomas Telford was consulted in 1808 and the contractor for the work 1808–11 was a Mr Hughes, who had worked on the Caledonian Canal. The unprecedented floods of 1829 caused considerable damage and subsequently dykes were thrown up along the canal's banks.

References

"Spynie Canal | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
Forres Gazette, 17 September 1884, p. 4, article entitled 'History of Spynie Canal'
Historic Environment Scotland. "Seatown Bridge over Spynie Canal (Category B Listed Building) (LB37613)". Retrieved 20 March 2019.

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