Derby canal at Sandiacre
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Derby canal at Sandiacre
Image: © Trevor Rickard Taken: 18 Sep 2010
Looking east to the junction with the Erewash Canal. The 14-mile Derby Canal was opened in 1798 and has two legs, the eastern one ending here and the southern one leading to the River Trent. At its peak in the 1830s it carried over 200 thousand tons of cargo per year (mainly coal), but trade declined once the railways got established.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.917377
Longitude
-1.284758