Quay Bridge, Exeter (1827)
F. C. Lewis
| Repository | Library | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Devon | West Country Studies | sfB/EXE 3/1827/LEW |
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Shapter, Thomas, M.D. The climate of the south of Devon. London: John Churchill, 1842. pp. 134-5.The river Exe, from which the city takes its name, is the great and important water of the south of Devon. [
] Below the city, at the quay, it again flows upon a bed of new red sandstone, falls over many weirs, and passing through fertile meadows, reaches Topsham; then flowing between Lympston and Powderham, and over the bar at Exmouth, which is of red sandstone rock, and not of sea sand, as is generally supposed, empties itself into the English channel, [
] At the quay the breadth of the river is one hundred and twenty feet, and its depth averages rather more than nine: it is often flooded by continued heavy rains, when its waters come down greatly discoloured, especially after the junction of the Creedy, which rising near Cruwys Morchard, passes through the rich red country between Sandford and Upton Helions, and discharges itself, loaded with this soil, into the Exe, two miles above the city.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
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1827