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Aqueduct carrying the Erewash Canal over the Nut Brook, Stanton Works, 1979
Image ref
DCCS001337
Credit
M Jobling
photographer
Jobling, M
ImageDate
24 September 1979
Location
Erewash Canal
Town
Stanton_Works
About this image
Looking north-west. The buildings in the background formed part of the New Works portion of Stanton Ironworks.
The Erewash Canal runs for 12 miles (19 km) from the River Trent via Long Eaton, Sandiacre and Ilkeston to Langley Mill and includes 14 locks. The Canal was engineered by John Varley and opened in 1779 at a cost of £21,000. Serving the industrialised Erewash Valley with its many coal mines, iron works and factories, it remained a useful transport artery well into the 20th century and it was only after World War Two that it began to fall into disuse. The section north of Gallows Inn at Ilkeston up to Langley Mill was declared unnavigable in 1962 and closure was proposed. The Erewash Canal Preservation and Development Association was formed in 1968 and after much restoration work the Canal was reopened throughout. In the 1980s it was duly upgraded from a 'remainder' waterway to 'cruiseway' status.
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