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Site/Position : Grid reference SX 481 551.

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Description : Preserved & Relocated 'Drake's Leat / Conduit' inscription
Transcription : MADE / IN / THE / MAIORALTE / OF / JOHN / TRLAWNYE / 1598
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Description : Preserved & Relocated '1671 Conduit' plaque
Transcription : FRANCES DRAKE FIRST / BROUGHT THIS WATER INTO / PLYMOUTH IN 1594 / THIS CONDUIT WAS NEW BUILT / IN THE MAYORALTY OF WM / COTTON MERCHANT 1671
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Description : Inset Plaque (Left) - Historic Stonework
Transcription : THE STONE CARVINGS ABOVE / ARE PARTS OF THE OLD PUBLIC CONDUIT / REMOVED FROM THE HEAD OF OLD TOWN STREET / IN 1834. / WILLIAM HOLE EVENS, MAYOR / THE WALL AND CARVINGS RE-ERECTED / 1874. / IN THE SECOND MAYORALTY OF / ALFRED ROOKER / JAMES KING, CHAIRMAN OF THE WATER COMMITTEE
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Description : Inset Plaque (Right) - 1820s Reservoirs
Transcription : THE SOUTH RESERVOIR WAS MADE IN / THE THIRD MAYORALTY OF / EDMUND LOCKYER. / 1825. / THE NORTH RESERVOIR IN / 1828. / DURING THE MAYORALTY OF / RICHARD PRIDHAM
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Description : Granite Water Stoop & Trough
Transcription : ERECTED 1874 / THIS TROUGH / IS PART OF ONE OF THE CHANNELS / BY WHICH WATER WAS DISTRIBUTED / THROUGH THE TOWN.

Material : limestone (Plymouth) granite granite, lead

Reference Number : PLAQUE 158