Editing Liskeard and Looe Union Canal (section)

==Opening==
{{Liskeard and Looe Union Canal map}}
Part of the canal opened for traffic on 27 August 1827, and in March 1828 the Royal Cornwall Gazette reported that it was complete. It rose through {{convert|156|ft|m}} over its length of {{convert|5.9|mi|km}}

Although the canal was in full operation, there were numerous challenges facing the proprietors. The works were "in a slovenly and unfinished state", and it took until 1830 for the reservoir at Moorswater and the feed from the Crylla to be completed.<ref>Company Minute Books quoted in {{harvnb|Messenger|2001|p=14}}</ref> A road had to be made from Moorswater into Liskeard at Dean Well, at a cost of £1,200, completed in 1829. Dean Well was at the north-western extremity of Dean Street, so the road referred to would appear to be "New Road". Traffic immediately transferred to this road from the steep and inconvenient turnpike road ("Old Road") and the canal company demanded a subscription for maintenance from the Turnpike Trustees. Users of the Canal Company's road were subject to tolls.{{sfn|Messenger|2001|p=15}}

About 1835 a section of road from Looe Mills to Highwood was constructed by the canal company.{{sfn|Messenger|2001|p=15}} Highwood is a little less than a mile (about 1&nbsp;km) north of Looe Mills, on the Turnpike Road north-west of Moorswater. The new road gave access to Highwood from the canal, using the Turnpike Road from Moorswater to Looe Mills.