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{{Short description|Canal in Lincolnshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Use British English|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox Canal |name = Caistor Canal |image = CaistorCanalDerelictLock5.JPG |image_caption = Water flowing over the weir and through the derelict chamber of Moor lock. The stonework is still in remarkably good condition. |former_names = |original_owner = Caistor Canal Navigation Company |engineer = Robert Dickenson |other_engineer = |date_act = 1793 |date_use = 1800 |date_completed = |date_closed = 1855 |date_restored = |len = |len_in = |original_boat_length = |original_boat_length_in = |len_note = |beam = |beam_in = |original_beam = |original_beam_in = |beam_note = |start_point = Moortown |original_start = |start_note = |end_point = River Ancholme |original_end = |end_note = |branch = |branch_of = |connects_to = |locks = 6 |original_num_locks = |lock_note = |elev = |elev_note = |status = Derelict but largely extant |navigation_authority = }} {{Caistor Canal map}} The '''Caistor Canal''' was a 4-mile (6.4 km) [[canal]] in [[Lincolnshire]], [[England]], constructed between 1793 and 1798. It fell into disuse sometime after 1850 and was legally abandoned in 1936. It ran from the [[River Ancholme]], near [[South Kelsey]] toward [[Caistor]] through six [[canal lock|locks]], terminating at [[Moortown, Lincolnshire|Moortown]], 3.5 miles (5.6 km) away from its intended terminus at Caistor.<ref name=PS>{{cite PastScape |mnumber=349937 |mname=Caistor Canal|access-date=2013-03-15}}</ref> Parts of it were dredged in 2010, to aid flood defences in South Kelsey.
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