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Description: | Demolished in 1970 to make way for Derby's inner ring road. The Derby Canal was commissioned in 1793 and Benjamin Outram was appointed engineer. When the canal was opened in 1796, it was 14 miles long, and ran from a junction with the Erewash Canal at Sandiacre to a junction with the Trent and Mersey Canal at Swarkestone. The Derby Canal was owned by the Derby Canal Company and was never nationalised. It was abandoned in 1964 but now the Derby Canal Society are trying to restore it.
This is the bridge at the Derwent end of the canal basin. Behind the camera is the Long bridge spanning the river. Top right in the picture is the roof of the White Bear Inn. | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | North East Midland Photographic Record | Subjects: | select Please | Source: | Picture the Past OAI feed | Creator: | Nixon, Frank | Identifier: | http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/fronten... | Language: | EN-GB | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | Go to resource |
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