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1618

Nevertheless, trading activities at the Quay increased, as depicted on the 1618 version of Hogenburg's map above, with the "Kay" shown clearly and its "Crane Seller".

However, the entrance to the canal was too far up the estuary and only best accessible on high spring tides. The canal had been extended as far as Topsham by 1675 and made deeper between 1698 and 1701, but it was to be a further 126 years before the present entrance at Turf was available and by this time modern ocean-going ships were far too large for the canal.

1618