The Lock Keeper Inn Bridge Over The Chesterfield Canal - Worksop, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 53° 18.717 W 001° 08.617
30U E 623676 N 5908579
This brick single arch bridge carries an unnamed track over the Chesterfield canal and is bridge number 41.
Waymark Code: WM10QB8
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/10/2019
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"The canal was built to link Chesterfield, Worksop and Retford to the Trent and so gain access to more trade. Local Anston Stone was transported by the canal to the river Trent for the building of the new Houses of Parliament. During the 19th century the canal was a commercial success due to local coal. However, mining caused subsidence in the Norwood Tunnel, severing the top end of the canal.
The Chesterfield Canal runs from the river Trent at West Stockwith to Chesterfield. The Canal is 45.5 miles (73.3 km) long and has 65 locks, but only the section from West Stockwith the eastern end of Norwood Tunnel is currently navigable. This navigable section is 31.6 miles (50.9 km) long and has 46 locks.
At the isolated western end of the canal, five miles and five locks have been restored. The new Staveley Town Basin opened in 2012. There are slipways at Tapton Lock in Chesterfield and Staveley Town Basin. There is also a craning pad at the basin. This leaves nine miles to be restored. There are detailed plans for the entire stretch, prepared by the Chesterfield Canal Partnership."
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There is a modern pub named the Lock Keeper next to this bridge.
Presumably there used to be a lock keeper's cottage at this site at one time, but there is no obvious sign of it now.
The access to the pub car park is from the nearby A57 and this bridge now only gives access to the canal towpath and pub for pedestrians and cyclists.
The bridge is immediately in front of lock 47.