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Butterley Tunnel

The Newlands Inn served the Cromford Canal as a place where the narrow boat horses were changed and probably where the narrow boat crews were refreshed prior to or after legging it through the tunnel.

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A horse drawn narrowboat is brought into service by "The Friends of Cromford Canal" occasionally on the only navigable section of the Cromford Canal near to the Derbyshire village of Cromford itself.

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One of the horizontal tunnels departing from the tunnel at this point used to run to the Butterley Company's Butterley Carr Pit which opened in 1812 and loaded its coal directly into narrow boats at the underground wharf.

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The GVLR operates for the benefit of tourists and is part of the Midland Railway - Butterley.

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The box could be lifted from the tram chassis and loaded directly into narrow boats or barges on the Derby Canal.

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A partial collapse of the Butterley Tunnel in 1900 due to mining related subsidence split the Cromford Canal into two.

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