Derby Canal

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The Derby Canal was a historic English waterway in Derbyshire that played a key role in the region’s 18th- and 19th-century industrial transport network before its eventual closure and partial infilling.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Derbyshire canal network 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal
former canal
closedTo navigation
closureDate 1964
connectsTo Cromford Canal NERFINISHED
Erewash Canal NERFINISHED
River Derwent NERFINISHED
Trent and Mersey Canal NERFINISHED
constructionStartDate 1793
country United Kingdom
designedBy Benjamin Outram NERFINISHED
endPoint Little Eaton NERFINISHED
hasRemnant sections used as cycle paths
sections used as footpaths
sections used as nature reserves
hasRestorationGroup Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust NERFINISHED
hasStructure aqueducts
bridges
locks
wharves
historicalPeriod 18th century
19th century
historicalSignificance key component of local industrial transport network
length approximately 14 miles
locatedIn Derby NERFINISHED
Derbyshire
England
openingDate 1796
partOf British canal network
passesNear Borrowash NERFINISHED
Breaston NERFINISHED
Draycott NERFINISHED
Sandiacre NERFINISHED
passesThrough Derby NERFINISHED
primaryUse coal transport
goods transport
industrial transport
restorationStatus partially under restoration
servedIndustry coal mines
ironworks
textile mills
servedTown Derby NERFINISHED
Little Eaton NERFINISHED
Sandiacre NERFINISHED
startPoint Swarkestone Junction NERFINISHED
status disused
transportMode inland water transport
wasInfilling partially infilled
waterwayType narrow canal

Referenced by (2)

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Cromford Canal connectedTo Derby Canal
Butterley Tunnel partOf Derby Canal
this entity surface form: Derbyshire canal network