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  2. Derby Canal - Wikipedia

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    c. 102) and was fully completed in 1796. It featured a level crossing of the River Derwent in the centre of Derby. An early tramroad, known as the Little Eaton Gangway, linked Little Eaton to coal mines at Denby. The canal's main cargo was coal, and it was relatively successful until the arrival of the railways in 1840.

  3. Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust - Wikipedia

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    The society's aim is the restoration and re-opening of the Derby and Sandiacre Canal, the construction of the "Derby Arm" boat lift, and the return to navigation of the River Derwent. The trust's Development Committee are working on plans to see the Derby Canal restored to a fully navigable route with an associated multi-user towpath to enable ...

  4. River Derwent, Derbyshire - Wikipedia

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    The River Derwent provides the name for the oldest hockey club in Derbyshire. Derwent Hockey Club was established in 1897 and played its matches on the banks of the Derwent in Darley Dale, before relocating to Wirksworth. [23] It also gives its name to Derwent Rowing Club in Derby, founded in 1857. [24]

  5. List of crossings of the River Derwent, Derbyshire - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of crossings of the Derbyshire Derwent, the principal river of Derbyshire in the Midlands of England.. Listed in the table are those crossings that have been identified from the first formal crossing at the packhorse bridge at Slippery Stones, in the upper Derwent valley, continuing through the Derwent Valley Mills heritage site to Derby, to the last crossing near Church Wilne ...

  6. Derwent Mouth - Wikipedia

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    It is both the confluence of the River Derwent with the River Trent, and the point at which the Trent and Mersey Canal joins the natural River Trent. Derwent Mouth is situated closest to Sawley, Derbyshire and is 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east of Shardlow, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Trent Lock, where the navigable River Soar and Erewash Canal join ...

  7. Cromford Canal - Wikipedia

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    The trip boat, named the John Gray, was lengthend from 40 feet (12 m) to 50 feet (15 m) in January 1979 and to 60 feet (18 m) In 1982, Some 15,000 passengers were carried in 1982. [20] As the scope of the project grew, the society transformed itself into a limited company on 4 January 1979, and employed a full-time worker later that month. [ 21 ]

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