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Listed Building: CROMFORD CANAL EMBANKMENT, DROVERS WAY (1109015)

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Grade II
Authority Historic England
Volume/Map/Item 1284, 3, 80
Date assigned 25 May 1988
Date last amended

Description

'SK 35 SE RIPLEY DROVERS WAY, Bullbridge 3/80 Cromford Canal Embankment GV II Canal embankment. 1793 by William Jessop and Benjamin Outram. Coursed squared stone. Approximately 100 feet long and 40 feet high. Stone retaining walls with plain band near the base of the walls and rounded rubble copings. Central barrel vaulted tunnel through the embankment with rubble arches and buttress-like jambs to the entrances. Southern end of the embankment truncated during road widening operations in 1970s. F Nixon, Industrial Archaeology of Derbyshire Pg 232. Listing NGR: SK3592752335.'

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Sources (1)

  • Listed Building File: Historic England. 2011. The National Heritage List for England. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1109015?section=official-list-entry.

Map

Location

Grid reference SK 35949 52300 (point)
Map sheet SK35SE
Civil Parish RIPLEY, AMBER VALLEY, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Oct 30 2023 1:03PM

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