Weir on sluice supplying water to Chesterfield Canal at Kiveton Park
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Weir on sluice supplying water to Chesterfield Canal at Kiveton Park
Image: © Chris Morgan Taken: 30 Apr 2012
On this day there was a lot more water flowing into the canal than usual, so lower down another weir allowed excess water to flow out again. The Chesterfield canal is navigable from the River Trent to here. It was restored quite recently, but just to the left of this point lies a tunnel that's been collapsed for 100 years after mining subsidence. It may take a few years to get through there and finally on to Chesterfield.
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