Bullbridge
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Bullbridge is a small village in Derbyshire. The Bull bridge accident, in which a railway bridge failed as a goods train was just passing over it, happened here in 1860.
Canal Inn
Bullbridge Aqueduct from the east
Cromford Canal
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The Cromford Canal ran 14+1⁄2 miles from Cromford to the Erewash Canal in Derbyshire, England with a branch to Pinxton. Built by William Jessop with the assistance of Benjamin Outram, its alignment in
Bullbridge
…was just passing over it, happened here in 1860. Bullbridge has a population of approximately 220 and one public house: the Canal Inn (named after the Cromford Canal). A second pub, The Lord Nelson is now closed. From the 2011 Census the population was included in the town of Ripley, Derbyshire. Until the end of the…
The end of the canal, in Cromford
Sketch of the canal
The Pinxton arm viewed from where it joins the main canal
Gregory Tunnel entrance near Lea Wood