Page:Rivers, Canals, Railways of Great Britain.djvu/197



In the year following the passing of the original act, another was obtained for the purpose of amending the provisions relating to the supply of water; it is entitled, An Act to alter and amend an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, for making and maintaining a navigable Canal from, or from near to, Cromford Bridge, in the county of Derby, to join and communicate with the Erewash Canal, at or near Langley Bridge; and also a collateral Cut from the said intended Canal at or near Codnor Park Mill, to or near Pinxton Mill, in the said county. It enacts, that for the supply of the canal, not more shall be taken than one-twentieth of the water of the River Derwent at Cromford Bridge, and that only between the hours of eight o'clock on every Saturday afternoon, and eight o'clock on Sunday afternoon; but at all times when less than five hundred and seventy tons per minute shall be passing Cromford Bridge, then the company are restrained from taking any water from the Derwent, or from any of the streams which flow into it

The chief object of the promoters of this canal, was to open a better communication with the valuable and extensive mineral districts on its line; but it has partaken amply of the advantage arising from an extended trade, by becoming a part of the line of communication between London and the northern counties.

CROMFORD AND HIGH PEAK RAILWAY.
6 George IV. Cap. 30, Royal Assent 2nd May, 1825.

THIS railway commences from the Cromford Canal, about half a mile from its termination at Cromford Wharf; from whence it takes an eastwardly course by the village of Middleton, and within a mile of the town of Wirksworth; thence, by a circuitous course, by Carsington Pasture, Brassington, and over the high grounds of the parish of Hartington, by Hurdlow, and Church Sterndale, to the north side of the range of hills called Axedge, where the line makes a considerable detour, for the purpose of passing a valley; from this place its course lies within little more than a mile of Buxton, passing Goyts Bridge, to the Peak Forest Canal, at Whaley Bridge, where it terminates. It is in length thirty-three