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Chesterfield Canal

Courtesy of Peter Mokes

Chesterfield Canal
Osberton
England

This view was taken between Osberton Hall and Osberton Lock. By 1766 the first canal-building boom had started and Chesterfield and Retford enthusiastically embraced the idea of a new waterway. The nationally famous engineer James Brindley was asked to lead the project. The first public meeting was held at Worksop's Red Lion on 24 August 1769. Brindley was present and he confirmed that a canal from Chesterfield to the River Trent was viable. Of all the proposed cargoes coal was considered the most important because the fledgling Canal Company aimed to undersell the rival south Yorkshire coalfields.

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