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Cromford Canal engine house is a Grade II listed structure associated with the late eighteenth-century Cromford Canal in Derbyshire. The engine house, built to house a Boulton and Watt steam engine, was constructed to pump water from the River Derwent to maintain adequate water levels in the canal, which was completed in 1794 and formed a crucial transport link for the movement of goods from Jedediah Strutt's textile mills and the surrounding industrial works. The engine itself represents an important example of early industrial steam technology, whilst the associated aqueduct demonstrates the canal's ambitious engineering, carrying the waterway across local topography. Together, these structures exemplify the technological and infrastructural innovations that characterised the late Georgian period's industrial development in the Midlands.
Cromford Canal engine house, engine and aqueduct is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007040. View the official record →
Cromford Canal engine house is a Grade II listed structure associated with the late eighteenth-century Cromford Canal in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007040.
Cromford Canal engine house, engine and aqueduct is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1007040.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Meerbrook sough portal 380m south west of Leashaw Farm (1.1 km), Alderwasley Chapel (2.3 km), Remains of Nether Ratchwood and Rantor lead mines, 200m west of Old Lane (3.2 km).
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