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in great request; this will be abundantly supplyed by theCromford and Erewafh canals, and those pits which lay to thenorth of Derby ; where also is abundance of iron-stone, whichmust ever remain unprofitable to the owner, where a cheap andcertain carriage to the various markets cannot be had; withthis scheme is incorporated one of charity, five thousand tons ofcoal, are annualy to be navigated free of all tolls, for the ac-commodation of the poor inhabitants of the town of Derby.

DEARNE AND DOVE CANAL.

A Description of the Course os a Canal from the River DunNavigation, near Swinton, to Barnfey, in the Wejl Riding ofthe County of York. 33 Geo. III. Ch. 115.

THIS canal commences from the cut which has been madefor the accommodation of the river Dun navigation, betweenSwinton and Mexbrough, and proceeds by Wath, Wombwell,and Ardstey, to near Barnstey; there to form a junction withthe Barnstey canal, which joins the river Calder. There aretwo small branches,' one parallel with Knolbeck Brook, tothe iron works at Cobcar Ing, the other along the head streamof the river Dove, to Worfhrough Bridge; with a proposedextension of this branch near one mile and a half farther, toRockclifF Bridge, adjoining the grounds of Earl StrafFord, atWentworth Castle.

The whole length of this canal from the junction with theriver Dun, to Barnstey, is nine miles and a quarter, with one

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