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	High Peak Trail & Cromford Canal on AboutBritain.com
		Disaster struck the Cromford Canal when the Butterley tunnel collapsed in 1900 isolating the northern section of the canal.
		Cromford Canal is an ideal location for a picnic.
		The canal side walk to High Peak Junction is suitable for pushchairs and wheelchairs.
	www.aboutbritain.com /highpeaktrailcromfordcanal.htm (972 words)

	Discover Derbyshire and the Peak District
		However, the canal continued to be used on both sides, carrying mainly coal and limestone until in 1944 the canal was finally abandoned as a commercial waterway.
		The towpath is walkable from Cromford to Ambergate, a distance of five and a half miles, and the walk from Cromford Wharf to High Peak Junction is suitable for pushchairs and wheelchairs.
		Cromford Wharf is the terminus of the canal and still possesses several interesting old canal buildings, a car park, toilets and a picnic area.
	www.derbyshire-peakdistrict.co.uk /cromfordcanal.htm (1031 words)

	Matlock Bath in Derbyshire - Cromford Canal
		It was to be cut from Langley Mill on the Erewash canal to Cromford.
		The remainder of the route to Cromford was narrow gauge and lockless.
		Cromford is a 10 minute car ride from Matlock Bath where there are plenty more places of interest including its famous cable car ride which will take you to the Heights of Abraham.
	www.joe.shakespeare.btinternet.co.uk /tranship.htm (318 words)

	Canal restoration news
		Cromford Canal - The Friends of Cromford Canal was formed in March 2002 to campaign to reopen the entire length of the Cromford Canal including the route to Pinxton.
		The Friends of Cromford Canal was formed in March 2002 to campaign to reopen the entire length of the Cromford Canal including the route to Pinxton.
		The Bill empowering construction of the canal received Royal Assent in 1795 and the canal was cut from the Kennet and Avon Canal at Semington, near Melksham, to the river Thames at Abingdon during the years 1796 to 1810.
	www.canaljunction.com /news/restor1.htm (5308 words)

	Cromford Canal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As well as canal branches, over the following years, numerous connections were made to the canal from quarries and mines but most of these were not water routes.Derbyshire, and this area in particular, became famous for its tramways and a number of them connected to the Cromford Canal at various points.
		As a result of this the Cromford Canal began to carry much less coal and the reduction in traffic was biting into their profits.After a meeting with the other local canals and the local colliery owners the canals reluctantly agreed to lower their tolls on coal carriage to Leicester.
		He explained how the canal came up through a lock right beside the junction and standing where the flood channel now is there used to be a dry dock and wharf while on the far side there used to be a railway interchange.
	www.canals.btinternet.co.uk /canals/cromfordcanal.htm (7811 words)

	Erewash Canal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Nutbrook Canal was a much shorter route than the others and did not provide a through-route to anywhere in particular but it did bring coal to the Erewash Canal and in later years it also carried iron from the Stanton Ironworks.Its junction with the Erewash Canal was to the south of Ilkeston.
		The canal's owners refused to repair the tunnel and the (already) small amount of trade which came to the Erewash Canal from Cromford was now completely lost.
		The M1 crosses the canal near Trowell with Stanton Lock and Hallam Fields lock in the ¾; of a mile stretch between the motorway and the A609 at Ilkeston.
	www.btinternet.com /~canals/canals/erewash.htm (3715 words)

	BBC - Action Network - Local heroes: Canal is the route to regeneration
		I was born by the side of Cheshire Union canal.
		The canal runs for 15 miles, from Cromford to Pinxton, and splits off to Langley Mill near the border of Nottinghamshire.
		Our group has only been working on the canal for four years and some of the other canal societies are already quite jealous of the progress we’ve made.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/actionnetwork/A13223729 (631 words)

	History by Waterway from Cromford Canal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The whole of the rest of the canal, except for half a mile, was abandoned in 1944 and the final stretch to Langley Mill in 1962.
		The canal itself was to be 66 feet wide at the surface, 30 feet at the bottom and 12 feet deep.
		The dimensions of the canal were to vary according to the ground conditions the width varying from 48 to 84 feet at the surface, 25 to 48 feet at the bottom and the depth from 13 to 14 feet.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/History7.html (2660 words)

	Cromford in Derbyshire - cradle of the industrial revolution - information and photographs
		Cromford in Derbyshire, is a place many people simply pass through on their way to the Matlocks, Bakewell and other northerly places, but Cromford is very definitely worth taking a closer look at, because it is steeped in industrial history and often called the cradle of the industrial revolution.
		A turnpike road was opened in 1817 and in the 1830`s, the Cromford and High Peak railway was constructed which linked the Cromford canal to the Peak Forest canal at Whaley Bridge, thus linking the river Trent with the river Mersey.
		There are 3 pubs in Cromford, one of which, the Greyhound Hotel was built by Arkwright, to house visitors to the mill and for the use by the local labour force.
	www.derbyshireuk.net /cromford.html (1764 words)

	Nottingham Canal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Their plan was to build a canal from the city of Nottingham to Langley Mill where it would meet the Cromford Canal and the already well established Erewash Canal.
		To the south east the canal is just a dry footpath but to the north west it is a soggy, weedy ditch with a footpath (the former towpath) alongside.
		The Erewash Canal is now (literally) only a stones a throw away to the west though any stones heading east from the Erewash Canal would not be met with a splash in the Nottingham Canal as it is completely dry from here to its terminus just one mile away.
	www.btinternet.com /~canals/canals/nottingham.htm (5132 words)

	Cromford Canal History
		He wrote to the committee that of the canal project, (that he was then the chairman of) that Jessop, 'Must recommend a proper person to superintend that part of the canal that goes through my property and that Mr.
		As a result of this the Cromford Canal began to carry much less coal and the reduction in traffic was biting into their profits.After a meeting with the other local canals and the local colliery owners the canals reluctantly agreed to lower their tolls on coal carriage to Leicester.
		The Cromford Canal Company was one of the first to conclude that it was pointless to try and fight the railways.
	www.cromfordcanal.org.uk /history.html (3931 words)

	GENUKI: Review of "The Cromford Canal", by Julie Bunting
		Admittedly the OS map shows stretches of the Cromford Canal as 'disused' but it was sad to see its condition beyond Ironville.
		Cromford Canal once linked the Derwent and Upper Erewash valleys to the main central canal system of England.
		Hugh Potter has been collecting photographs and historical information on the canal for many years and this book is packed full of more than 200 captivating and rare illustrations, whether an ice-breaker boat, a Sunday School outing in a scrubbed-out coal boat or a canalside pigsty used as a reading room.
	www.wishful-thinking.org.uk /genuki/DBY/Bibliography/CromfordReview03.html (525 words)

	Cromford, Derbyshire - Homepage
		Cromford is a village in the county of Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England, on the southern edge of the Peak District.
		Cromford is set in a valley, surrounded by wooded hills and cliffs, bordered by the River Derwent to the east and vast quarries to the west.
		Cromford is also on the route of the Derwent Valley Heritage Way, which was officially opened by the Duke of Devonshire on 3 April 2003.
	www.pandyweb.freeserve.co.uk (851 words)

	Cromford Canal - Definition, explanation
		The Cromford Canal ran 14.5 miles from Cromford to the Erewash Canal through 4 tunnels and 14 locks.
		The canal obtained its act of parliament in 1789 and opened in 1794.
		Most of the canal was abandoned in 1944 with the exception of a half mile stretch to Langley Mill which was abandoned in 1962.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/c/cr/cromford_canal.php (192 words)

	Benjamin Outram (1764 - 1805)
		It commenced at Sandiacre, by a junction with the Erewash Canal, and proceeded by Borrowash and Spondon to Derby, where there were junctions with the 3 mile-long Little Eaton Branch Canal and a short branch to the upper reach of the river Derwent in the city.
		The canal was significant for Holmes Aqueduct, which was built at Derby to make possible a novel crossing of the river Derwent along the top of a weir built to control the level of the water in the river.
		This was a broad canal, which commenced at the White House, near Sandiacre, by a junction with the Erewash Canal and it rose through 13 locks to Shipley.
	www.brocross.com /iwps/pages/outram/bn-outram.htm (4068 words)

	History of Peak Forest Canal
		The construction of the canal was proving more costly than expected and it was decided to open the two level pounds in 1800, with an inclined tramway linking the two sections, replacing the flight of locks.
		As the trade along the canal built up, the necessity of transhipping the cargo at each end of the tramway caused a frustrating bottleneck, even working at night, and eventually the funding was found to construct the flight of 16 locks to link the upper and lower pounds, which opened in 1804.
		For the next few years the canals prospered, carrying stone, coal, cotton, grain and manufactured goods, but this was to be short-lived as the canals became overtaken by the building of the railways.
	www.penninewaterways.co.uk /peak/pf2.htm (888 words)

	Sankey Canal Restoration Society
		There was apparently nobody interested in the Cromford Canal in spite of the beauty of the countryside through which it passes, its historical connections with Arkwright's Mill at Cromford and its long association with the coal industry.
		The Duke of Devonshire was delighted to become a patron of the canal, whilst local support came from 100 walkers who took part in a sponsored walk along the canal in 2002 and it is confidently expected that that figure will double in 2003.
		The section of canal from the Erewash to the mouth of the Butterley Tunnel was broad gauge and incorporated all the locks, 14 in number, but the tunnel and the remaining section of the canal was built to narrow gauge, being lock free for the whole of its length.
	www.scars.org.uk /cuttings/volume5/issue5-4/northern.html (2013 words)

	High Peak Junction - a former railway junction near Cromford
		This unique railway was built in 1830 to link the High Peak Canal at Whaley Bridge with the Cromford Canal, and used static engines on a number steep inclines which were necessary to overcome the hilly countryside (the track achieved an altitude of 1250 feet near Buxton), plus normal railway engines on the stretches imbetween.
		Nearby is Leawood Pump House, built to pump water for the Cromford Canal, which runs alongside the Midland Railway and the River Derwent.
		The canal was built to carry local limestone to the iron foundry at Butterley and goods to and from Richard Arkwright's Cromford Mills.
	www.cressbrook.co.uk /visits/hpjunction.php (400 words)

	peak district local history, customs, wildlife, transport - Peakland Heritage
		The original narrow boats used by the Canal Company were 80 feet (25 m) long, seven feet (2.1 m) wide and when fully laden with 22 tons (25 tonnes) of cargo sank only two and a half feet (0.75 m) into the water.
		The canal was essentially level for most of its length, though a rise of 80 feet (25 m) over the initial four miles from Erewash was overcome by a system of 14 locks.
		The canal was supplied by water from the Cromford sough which drained lead mines in the surrounding area.
	www.peaklandheritage.org.uk /index.asp?peakkey=30500421 (496 words)

	GENUKI: Cromford, Derbyshire
		Photograph of a Pumping Station, Cromford, from Peter and Janet Kirk (by the Cromford Canal).
		A Description of Cromford and Directory for Wirksworth and Cromford, with the villages of Alderwasley, Brassington, Carsington, Hopton, Holloway, Lea and neighbourhoods transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.
		Cromford Village in Derbyshire - The History Zone - a very informative and entertaining history of Cromford, including a Time Line contrasting events in Cromford with those in the wider world.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/DBY/Cromford/index.html (542 words)

	Cromford Canal Central Section (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Cromford canal at Sawmills was originally cut to follow the natural land contours.
		To avoid this, a new canal alignment was made running to the north of the railway line.
		The canal at Lower Hartshay has a little water in it - The Gate Inn is the white building in the background.
	www.proweb.co.uk /~cromford/c3now.html (359 words)

	GENUKI: Cromford, Derbyshire
		A Description of Cromford and Directory for Wirksworth and Cromford, with the villages of Alderwasley, Brassington, Carsington, Hopton, Holloway, Lea and neighbourhoods transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.
		Cromford Village in Derbyshire - The History Zone - a very informative and entertaining history of Cromford, including a Time Line contrasting events in Cromford with those in the wider world.
		Friends of Cromford Canal - dedicated to restoration of the Canal to a working waterway again.
	www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/eng/DBY/Cromford/index.html (542 words)

	Leawood Pumphouse & Cromford Canal, Cromford, Derbyshire, England - Photographs and History A victorian stationary ...
		The Cromford Canal Company was formed by an act of Parliament on 24th of August 1789, it had from monies raised (£46,000) to cut the Canal and fill it with water.
		The Canal operated successfully for a further fifty one years, 1844 was a dry year, the Canal suffered a severe lack of water, the normal supply from the Cromford and Bonsall soughs had been supplying less water due to the Merebrook sough removing water from the lead mines at a level below the Canal.
		The answer to these questions lies with the significance of the industry on the River Derwent, water which powered the cotton mills was protected by an act of Parliament, so anyone wishing to extract upstream of the mills had to comply to strict conditions with a heavy financial penalty if they failed to do so.
	www.derbyphotos.co.uk /special/leawood_pumphouse.htm (883 words)

	Cromford and High Peak railway, Cromford, Derbyshire, (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Cromford area has much to offer those interested in industrial archeology for it was here at High Peak Junction that the unique railway line began its tortuous route over the limestone peak plateau to Whaley bridge.
		After the completion of the Peak Forest Canal in 1800, which had its terminus at Whaley Bridge, a number of ambitious but impractical schemes were devised to link it with the Cromford Canal.
		All were abandoned in favour of a railway, but as it was built by a canal engineer Josiah Jessop, the stations were called "wharfs" and the long level sections were interspersed with sharp inclines (instead of locks), the steepest of which were aided by stationary steam engines.
	peakcountrybreaks.co.uk /cromfordandhighpeakrailway.html (157 words)

	Explore Cromford in Derbyshire
		To their right was stabling for the canal horses and a smithy, all now gone.
		In the original plans the station was to be sited at the south end of Cromford Meadows, where the line veered away from the river, with plans for a new canal wharf.
		From the front of the castle the end of the Tor at the Crossroads is visible, and the upper part of Cromford village beyond.
	www.pandyweb.freeserve.co.uk /crom_tor.html (5847 words)

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