Moira Lock Traditional Cache
La Lunatica: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it.
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Suzanne
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The Moira Lock Cache is placed close to the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. A small clip and lock box containing a log sheet, pencil and some swasp. The cache is near to water so be careful with children and dogs. Parking available at the Moira Furnace site, but please be mindful of the closing times as the barriers are closed On Time. The Ashby-de-la-Zouch was a 31-mile (50 km) long canal in England which connected the mining district around Moira, just outside the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, with the Coventry Canal at Bedworth in Warwickshire. It was opened in 1804, and a number of tramways were constructed at its northern end, to service collieries. The canal was taken over by the Midland Railway in 1846, but remained profitable until the 1890s, after which it steadily declined. Around 9 miles (14 km) passed through the Leicestershire coal field, and was heavily affected by subsidence, with the result that this section from Moira, southwards to Snarestone, was progressively closed in 1944, 1957 and 1966, leaving 22 miles (35 km) of navigable canal. This section is the subject of a restoration project.
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