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Langley Mill to Awsworth. |
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The old second bridge was bricked up as part of a new road scheme at the time the basin was restored. |
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...it almost has enough headroom under the new road to be rebuilt without major carriageway realignment. The canal could then be re- |
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Alongside the next bridge, the navigable Erewash Canal is only a lock length away through yet more derelict land. Previous prospective restorers envisaged locking up from the Erewash Canal here and restoring southwards. The land beyond is a former council tip and the canal would need little more than re- |
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The next bridge still exists as an infilled hump back and from hereon the canal is in water for a good way and seems to be a habitat for water voles.
A derelict, but restorable, swing bridge follows -
The next section was removed as part of the Shilo opencast mining scheme in the 1970s -
From Shilo, the canal makes a large sweeping curve towards the A610 -
A narrow ditch takes us another couple of hundred yards to where a former bridge carries a lane into a scrap yard. This bridge is infilled but would probably require a complete rebuild for contemporary traffic.
A short distance further on, adjacent to the quaintly named Naptha House -
This would be a difficult bridge to rebuild as the road is at a considerable gradient. However, as the next bridge -