2014

SK7288 : Approaching Gray's Bridge

taken 9 years ago, near to Clayworth, Nottinghamshire, England

Approaching Gray's Bridge
Approaching Gray's Bridge
Narrowboat on the Chesterfield Canal near Clayworth.
Chesterfield Canal :: SK3871

The Chesterfield Canal is a 46-mile-long navigable channel from the Derbyshire town of Chesterfield to the River Trent, passing through Staveley, Shireoaks, Worksop and Retford. The sections between West Stockwith junction on the Trent and Kiveton Park near Rotherham and from Staveley to just short of Chesterfield are navigable. The 10 miles from Norwood tunnel to Staveley are disused, Norwood tunnel has partly collapsed. The Chesterfield Canal trust plan to restore this section, but it requires a major diversion around Killamarsh.
The route is a typical James Brindley contour canal. An application was made to Parliament and the Act of Parliament received the Royal Assent on 28 March 1771. The canal was a success when it opened in 1777, however the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway opened a parallel line in 1849. The last commercial traffic was in 1908.


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SK7288, 126 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Alan Murray-Rust   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 9 November, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 12 November, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 7236 8869 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:23.4060N 0:54.8053W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 7235 8867
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North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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