Butterley Tunnel (western entrance)
Butterley Tunnel (western entrance) is on 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.

| Simm's Bridge No 12 | 5 miles, 5 furlongs | |
| Whatstandwell Bridge No 13 | 5 miles, 2¾ furlongs | |
| Crich Council Footbridge No 13a | 5 miles, 2 furlongs | |
| Crich Chase Bridge No 14 | 3 miles, 2¼ furlongs | |
| Road Bridge No 32a | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Butterley Tunnel (western entrance) | ||
| Butterley Tunnel (eastern entrance) | 1 mile, 7½ furlongs | |
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Wikipedia has a page about Butterley Tunnel
Butterley Tunnel is a 3,083-yard (2,819 m) disused canal tunnel on the Cromford Canal below Ripley, in Derbyshire, England, opened to traffic in 1794. Along with Butterley Works blast furnaces, part of the canal tunnel and its underground wharf were declared a scheduled monument in 2013.

![Western end of the Butterley Tunnel on the Cromford Canal. This is where the Cromford Canal emerges from the embankment of the A38 at the western end of the 3km-long Butterley Tunnel. Presumably the original tunnel portal was buried when the present A38 was built, and replaced by this culvert.For photo of the original portal at the eastern end and further information about the tunnel itself, see [[43951]]. by Antony Dixon – 03 November 2011](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/67/94/2679402_ef4d14bf_120x120.jpg)

























![Hammersmith. The street name refers to what was a community in its own right on the road from Ripley to Pentrich. This is a fine Victorian cast road name plate. See [[1307427]]. by Alan Murray-Rust – 30 April 2009](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/30/74/1307404_4a016eee_120x120.jpg)


