THE Tavistock Canal bi-centenary working party is still searching for descendants of the engineer, John Taylor, who oversaw construction of the waterway 200 years ago.
The group of canal enthusiasts is hoping to hold an exhibition focussing on the building of the Tavistock Canal to commemorate the bi-centenary in August.
They would like to hear from any living relatives of Mr Taylor, who managed the Wheal Betsy and Wheal Friendship mines, and was appointed construction engineer after surveying a route for the canal.
Work began on the canal on August 29, 1803, just a month after the Tavistock Canal Act received the Royal
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Assent.
It was officially opened 14 years later.
Anyone who can help in the hunt for John Taylor?s descendants, or donate canal memorabilia for the exhibition, is asked to contact the bi-centenary group via Tavistock Library.