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Cromford Canal (broad gauge, navigable)

Information about the waterway

The Cromford Canal (broad gauge, navigable) is a broad canal and is part of the Cromford Canal. It runs for 1¾ furlongs through 1 lock from Langley Mill Boatyard Moorings (where it joins the Cromford Canal (broad gauge, un-navigable)) to Derby Road Bridge (where it joins the Grand Union Canal (Erewash Canal)).

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 14 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

Relevant publications — Waterway Maps:

Langley Mill Boatyard Moorings Limit of Navigation
Netherbrook Aqueduct This is located on the Cromford Canal	½ furlongs	0 locks
Langley Junction	1¼ furlongs	0 locks
Langley Lock No 74	1½ furlongs	0 locks
Derby Road Bridge	1¾ furlongs	1 lock

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Additional information

Navigational Notes

External websites

Langley Mill Boatyard Limited — associated with Langley Junction: Boatyard

Wikipedia

Wikipedia has a page about Cromford Canal

The Cromford Canal ran 14.5 miles (23.3 kilometres) 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 included four tunnels and 14 locks.

From Cromford it ran south following the 275-foot (84 m) contour line along the east side of the valley of the Derwent to Ambergate, where it turned eastwards along the Amber valley. It turned sharply to cross the valley, crossing the river and the Ambergate to Nottingham road, by means of an aqueduct at Bullbridge, before turning towards Ripley. From there the Butterley Tunnel took it through to the Erewash Valley.

From the tunnel it continued to Ironville, the junction for the branch to Pinxton, and then descended through fourteen locks to meet the Erewash Canal at Langley Mill. The Pinxton Branch became important as a route for Nottinghamshire coal, via the Erewash, to the River Trent and Leicester and was a terminus of the Mansfield and Pinxton Railway.

A 6-mile (9.7 km) long section of the Cromford canal between Cromford and Ambergate is listed as a Biological Site 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 of an inclined plane.

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[Cromford and High Peak Railway] The Cromford and High Peak Railway (C&HPR) was a standard-gauge line between the Cromford Canal wharf at High Peak Junction and the Peak Forest Canal at [Cromford Mill] Cromford Mill is the world's first water-powered cotton spinning mill, developed by Richard Arkwright in 1771 in Cromford, Derbyshire, England. The mill [Cromford] Cromford is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England, in the valley of the River Derwent between Wirksworth and Matlock. It is first mentioned [Derwent Valley Mills] housing, and structures associated with the mill communities. The Cromford Canal and Cromford and High Peak Railway, which aided the industrialisation of the [Erewash Canal] has 14 locks. The first lock at Langley Bridge is part of the Cromford Canal. The canal obtained its act of parliament in 1777 with John Varley appointed [Cromford Wharf] Cromford Wharf is at Cromford in Derbyshire, England. It is located at the northern terminus of the Cromford Canal, which opened in 1794 and ran 14.5 miles [High Peak Junction] Peak Railway (C&HPR), whose workshops were located here, meets the Cromford Canal. It lies within Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site, designated [Peak District] The Cromford Canal, from Cromford to the Erewash Canal, served lead mines at Wirksworth and Sir Richard Arkwright's cotton mills. The Caldon Canal from [Butterley Tunnel] Butterley Tunnel is a 3,083-yard (2,819 m) disused canal tunnel on the Cromford Canal below Ripley, in Derbyshire, England, opened to traffic in 1794.

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