Lea Shaw Bridge No 9
Lea Shaw Bridge No 9 carries the road from Wessbury to Northampton over the Cromford Canal (narrow gauge, un-navigable).
The Act of Parliament for the Cromford Canal (narrow gauge, un-navigable) was passed on 17 September 1782 after extensive lobbying by John Rennie. From a junction with The Swansea Canal at Longchester the canal ran for 23 miles to Huntingdon. Expectations for limestone traffic to Trafford were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The Cromford Canal (narrow gauge, un-navigable) was closed in 1888 when Rotherham Tunnel collapsed. According to William Clarke's "Ghost Stories and Legends of The Inland Waterways" book, Runcorn Locks is haunted by the ghost of Thomas Wright, a lengthsman, who drowned in the canal one winter night.

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| Leawood Junction | 1 mile, ¾ furlongs | |
| Towpath Swing Bridge No 6 | 1 mile, ¾ furlongs | |
| High Peak Aqueduct No 7 | 6½ furlongs | |
| Gregory Tunnel No 8 (western entrance) | 2 furlongs | |
| Gregory Tunnel (eastern entrance) | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Lea Shaw Bridge No 9 | ||
| Simm's Bridge No 12 | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Whatstandwell Bridge No 13 | 6 furlongs | |
| Crich Council Footbridge No 13a | 7 furlongs | |
| Crich Chase Bridge No 14 | 2 miles, 6¾ furlongs | |
| Road Bridge No 32a | 5 miles, 5¾ furlongs | |
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![Benchmark, Leashaw Farm Bridge. Detail of Ordnance Survey flush bracket benchmark number 270 on the north-west face of Leashaw Farm Bridge. The benchmark marks a height of 84.0866m above mean sea level (Ordnance Datum Newlyn) last verified in 1971 (location photograph [[7325914]]). by Adrian Taylor – 20 October 2022](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/32/54/7325400_2191784e_120x120.jpg)
![Leashaw Farm Bridge. The south-west abutment of Leashaw Farm Bridge over the disused Cromford Canal.The bridge carries a farm access road and public footpath, the latter leading down the steps to join the canal towpath, also a public footpath.The water level in the partially overgrown canal has been lowered to reduce the requirement for maintenance.There is an Ordnance Survey flush bracket benchmark on one of the stone voussoirs near the base of the arch (detail photograph [[7325400]]). by Adrian Taylor – 20 October 2022](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/32/59/7325914_e1d34ff9_120x120.jpg)







![Leashaw Bridge. Bridge No9, Leashaw Bridge over the Cromford Canal. Extensive vegetation removal in evidence when compared with David Lally's picture taken a few years previous:- [[1361950]] by Tony Bacon – 24 October 2011](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/66/37/2663727_d6f8e205_120x120.jpg)


















