Side Walls And Curbs To Cromford Canal Basin And Feeder Channel

The side walls and curbs to Cromford Canal Basin and feeder channel were built around 1820 for the Cromford Canal Company, with engineering by William Jessop and a feeder channel proposed by Benjamin Outram. Constructed from gritstone, the basin features approximately 200 meters of stone edging along its north side, which includes various iron rings set into the curbs. The basin narrows into a dock next to the northern warehouse. The stone edging continues around the central wharf and along the southern limb of the canal adjacent to the southern warehouse. This channel turns south to follow Mill Road and receives water from Cromford Mill through a culvert, which feeds the canal basin. The feeder channel was created when the original piped feed from the Mill was found to be insufficient. An arch in the sidewall of the feeder channel, near a gritstone post, is dated 1821. The roadside channel is protected by a wooden handrail that is partly attached to early 19th-century cast-iron posts, ending at a shaped gritstone post that bears the date 182_.