Nutbrook Canal
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The Nutbrook Canal was a canal in England which ran between Shipley in Derbyshire and the Erewash Canal, joining it near Trowell. It was built to serve the collieries at Shipley and West Hallam, and was completed in 1796. It was initially profitable, but from 1846 faced competition from the railways, and more seriously, subsidence caused by the coal mines that it was built to serve. With the mines failing to pay tolls for goods carried on the canal, and in some cases refusing to accept responsibility for the subsidence, most of it was closed in 1895, although the final 1.5 miles (2.4 km) remained in use until 1949.
Parts of the canal still have water in 2006
This is Old Furnace Lock the third on the canal near to Ilkeston. It has lost its gates but the valve gear can be seen in this image in 2006.
Erewash Canal
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The Erewash Canal is a broad canal in Derbyshire, England. It runs just under 12 miles (19 km) and has 14 locks. The first lock at Langley Bridge is part of the Cromford Canal.
A View of the Erewash Canal above Eastwood Lock (Lock 1) at a place known locally as The Gudgeon
The Erewash Canal as surveyed by J.Smith in 1776
Erewash Aqueduct near Shipley Gate in 2007
Canal Toll House, Langly Mill/Great Northern Basin, Erewash Canal