The Derby Canal ran 14 miles from the Trent and Mersey Canal at Swarkestone to Derby and Little Eaton, and to the Erewash Canal at Sandiacre, in Derbyshire, England. The canal was authorised by an act
The canal at Long Eaton
Swarkstone Junction and Toll House in 2007
A painting of Derby from Nottingham Road c. 1850 by Henry Lark Pratt shows the Derby Canal in the foreground.
The former canal at Shelton Lock, now a footpath
Navigable aqueducts are bridge structures that carry navigable waterway canals over other rivers, valleys, railways or roads. They are primarily distinguished by their size. They carry a larger cross-
Narrowboat crossing the World Heritage Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales
Out-of-use cast-iron Longdon-on-Tern Aqueduct
The Magdeburg Water Bridge seen from the shores of the Elbe
Passenger (packet) boat on the Monocacy Aqueduct of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal