The Erewash canal starts at the southern end at its junction with the River Trent. It finishes at Langley Mill where it joins the now disused Cromford canal. On its way it had a junction with the also disused Derby canal at Sandiacre.
The Erewash canal is a broadbeam canal that extends northwards for 12 miles from the River Trent to Langley Mill through 15 locks. The lock numbering is an extension from the numbering of the Grand Union Soar Navigations, the last lock on which, is lock 59.Amazingly it only took a year to build and was opened in 1779 at a cost of £23,000. It was built to transport coal from the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire coalfields down to the East Midlands. The canal was very successful but as with most other canals fell slowly into disuse after the introduction of the railways. It was restored and finally reopened in February 1983.
In 1929 the canal became part of the great Grand Union canal hence the lock numbering.
Lock 60 - Trent lock (variable depth as drops down to the River Trent)
Lock 61 - Long Eaton (6' 3")
Lock 62 - Dockholme lock (7'9")
Lock 63 - Sandiacre lock (8' 4")
The lock cottage now houses a museum about this and other local canals including the disused ones. It is also the headquarters of the local society responsible for restoring the Derby canal amongst others.
Lock 64 - Pasture lock
Lock 65 - Stanton lock (8' 4")
Lock 66 - Hallam Fields lock (6' 2")
Lock 67 - Gallows Inn lock (6' 3")
Lock 68 - Greens lock (7' 0")
Lock 69 - Potters lock (7' 7")
Lock 70 - Barkers lock (7' 4")
Lock 71 - Stensons lock (7' 2")
Lock 72 - Shipley lock (7' 9")
Lock 73 - Eastwood lock (7' 10")
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