Nutbrook Canal

Nutbrook Canal
Parts of the canal still have water in 2006
Specifications
Maximum boat length	73 ft 0 in (22.25 m)
Maximum boat beam	14 ft 3 in (4.34 m)
Locks	13
Status	Derelict
History
Original owner	Nutbrook Canal Proprietors
Principal engineer	Benjamin Outram
Date of act	1793
Date completed	1796
Date closed	1949
Geography
Start point	Shipley
End point	Trowell
Connects to	Erewash Canal

v t e Nutbrook Canal
Legend
Old reservoir, Shipley Shipley Wharf 13 Top Lock New Resr + Hawley's Pond 12 Topside Nutbrook Lock 11 Nutbrook Lock 10 Mapperley Lock Hallam Wharf 9 Limekiln Lock 8 Pewit Lock Ilkeston 7 Straws Lock  A609  Derby Rd bridge Hunloke's Arm 6 Sharb Pond Lock 5 Oxmeadow Lock  A6096  Ladywood Rd bridge 4 Birches Lock Stanhope's Arm 3 Old Furnace Lock Section in water Ilkeston Rd Bridge, New Stanton Stanton Iron Works basin 2 Stanton Lock 1 Back Saddle Lock Erewash Canal Stanton Lock

The Nutbrook Canal was a canal in England which ran between Shipley in Derbyshire and the Erewash Canal, joining it near Trowell. It was built to serve the collieries at Shipley and West Hallam, and was completed in 1796. It was initially profitable, but from 1846 faced competition from the railways, and more seriously, subsidence caused by the coal mines that it was built to serve. With the mines failing to pay tolls for goods carried on the canal, and in some cases refusing to accept responsibility for the subsidence, most of it was closed in 1895, although the final 1.5 miles (2.4 km) remained in use until 1949.^[1]