Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.
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Description: An 11.75 mile broad canal with 14 locks.
History: Authorised by an Act of 1777 and fully opened in 1779. Became part of the Grand Union in 1932.
See Priestley's Navigable Rivers and Canals for more information.
Autumn January 1776 | He surveyed a line from the Trent below Sawley and just above the mouth of the Soar past Long Eaton, up the west bank of the Erewash river to a crossing aboveIlkeston. From there it followed the east bank to Langley Mill, a total rise of 108 feet 8½ inches according to his survey. | |
January 1777 | Authorised by an Act. | |
January 1777 | He was appointed engineer at a salary of £220 a year. | |
August 1778 | The top lock had to be taken down and rebuilt following his error in the levels. He was ordered to pay the £78 costs less the value of the bricks. | |
January 1779 | Fully opened. | |
May 1780 | He was dismissed following his failure to keep proper accounts for land and damage compensation payments, and mistakes in the levels for the top lock. | |
January 1932 | Became part of the Grand Union. | |
Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.