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ADDEND A.

Derby

Canal.

eastward, it commences its principal course through SinfinMoor, between Boulton and Osmaston, to the east side ofDerbv, where it crosses the river Derwent; from Derbv, thecut to join the Erewash canal takes an east course, passesChaddesden, Spooden, Burrowash, Breaston, and joins theErewash canal between Long Eaton and Sandiacre ; fromDerby to the North, there is a cut to Little Eaton, with rail-ways to Smalley mills, and Smithey houses.

The length of the canal from the Grand Trunk to Derby,is five miles and a quarter, with twelve feet rife. FromDerby to the Erewash canal is eight miles and a half, withtwenty-nine feet fall. From Derby to Little Eaton is threemiles and a quarter, with seventeen feet rise. The lengthof the principal rail-wav to Smithey houses is four milesand a half, that to Smalley mills is one mile and threequarters. Total length of canal is seventeen miles, with fifty-eight feet lockage.

The proprietors of this undertaking are incorporated underthe name of “ The Derby Canal Com/iany with power topurchase lands, &c. for completing the said canal, and the rail-ways before mentioned ; also have power to make other rail-ways, at any future time: a rail way to be made to HorsteyColliery, if Lord Chesterfield shall desire ; also rail ways andcuts may be made to join the canal, by owners of mines,ground, &c. Restrictions and regulations are fully enacted inthe Act, respecting the passing of boats on the Grand Trunkcanal, which lock into the river Trent, to the south of theGrand Trunk, and the mode of adjusting the water, so thatthe Grand Trunk canal shall not suffer therein; and further

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