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
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
The Cromford and High Peak Railway was a standard-gauge line between the Cromford Canal wharf at High Peak Junction and the Peak Forest Canal at Whaley Bridge. The railway, which was completed in 1831
Cromford Canal
…of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and a local nature reserve. In addition to purely canal traffic, there was a lively freight interchange with the Cromford and High Peak Railway, which traversed the plateau of the Peak District from Whaley Bridge in the north west, and which descended to the canal at High Peak Junction by means…
Bunsall Incline in the Goyt Valley, now converted to a road
Middleton Incline today
The Ashbourne line in relation to the C&HPR
Engine shed at top of Sheep Pasture Incline, 1949