Why is This Disused Railway becoming a Canal

[@anotheruser2527]

I just love all the new navigation work being done these days. Kudos to everyone that makes these projects happen!

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

@@anotheruser2527 99.99% volunteer led as well, it’s incredible what a dedicated band of legends can do!

[@gordonchapman222]

Fascinating stuff, thanks for documenting this. I can imagine in about 30 years time you can do a super edit going back over all your footage and producing an amazing video of all this work coming together up until the canals are fully restored. Thanks for sharing

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

@@gordonchapman222 that’s one of the reason I started making videos, it was more of a log for the restorations, I just wish I could cover more but the day job gets in the way 😂

[@malcolmrichardson3881]

A marvellous irony in a railway becoming a canal. Usually the reverse. Thanks for the update.

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

@@malcolmrichardson3881 it’s great to see, the history’s are so intwined with each other and this is an excellent spin on the norm

[@philtucker1224]

Just an excellent project throughout. Best wishes to everyone contributing, you are all marvellous people!

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

@@philtucker1224 they are all doing a fantastic job

[@haraldclark6206]

Excellent update! Amazing how one stretch of land can be reused by many different transportation technologies!

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

@@haraldclark6206 the place is a treasure trove of industrial archeology

[@johnyates4163]

Thank you for this latest update,. Being originally from the area it is great to see the restoration moving forward and this exciting link gradually being reinstated. The sad thing though is how as a nation we so willingly have allowed the destruction of such monumental transport infrastructure, which in many cases was dug and created by hand, by such narrow minded lack of foresight in the pursuance of perceived progress! We cannot applaud loudly enough of the effort in achieving the reinstatement of that we thought was truly lost, long may the movement continue.

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

@@johnyates4163 it’s criminal what was done to both the waterways and the railways, mostly the railways, the canals weren’t profitable so closed as business but the railways were largely destroyed so a politician could lay tarmac

[@AbandonedCityCamoCrewExplorers]

Alot good work happening ,cheers for the update

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

Loads! I don’t think it’s far off before more canal looking work will start

[@simonpaine2347]

Great work. Thank you. I would love to see a picture of the country at the start which then focuses down on the canal network and then the canal in question, which could show the possibilities of connecting with the main network as it is restored.

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

I’ve been trying to work on overlays for google earth to do this but nothing seems to work!

[@simonpaine2347]

@@CourtAboveTheCut Maybe someone on here can help you with that. Your efforts are much appreciated.

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

@@simonpaine2347 I wouldn’t say no to someone explaining (in normal talk) how to do it, I may use cameras and edit videos but it’s all a massive learning curve!

[@simonpaine2347]

@@CourtAboveTheCut I get it! I fly a Drone myself and I probably only use and understand 40% of what it can do, but it's great fun nonetheless. Keep on keeping on.

[@philallen7626]

There is a map on the IWA website, which is excellent for showing where canal and navigable rivers are or were. In the case of the Cromford, it only ever connected to the Erewash canal, which was never closed, and is still in use.

[@marilynbalderstone696]

It’s very interesting and lovely to see the restoration and it will benefit so many. Could I just ask you to slow down a little bit and pause when you show your maps and future plans. I do really appreciate you are trying to give us as much information as possible and just love your enthusiasm. I like to follow you on side by side maps to see the contrast using 6” to mile on left and Street maps on the other side. It’s such a maze of canal and railways in that area and must have been buzzing back in the day. Thank you for bringing all this to someone who can’t get out to explore anymore.

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

@@marilynbalderstone696 I try very hard to not speak quickly, it’s something I’m always working on but my natural cadence is very quick! I used to pause on the maps but it knocked my retention, people skip when there’s just silence/music

[@Jimyjames73]

Interesting how things change over the years 🤔😉🚂🚂🚂

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

@@Jimyjames73 this site is the ultimate in that!

[@franktuckwell196]

I find it funny that there are bits of railway that are becoming canal, as when i drove trains for BR they had bits of track that caused flooding problems because they were originally a canal. There is a picture showing a tunnel that has a canal on one side and a train on a tressel on the shared other side of the same tunnel. Eventually the then thriving railway bought out the canal co. and just filled in the canal with ballast and laid tracks on top. So when it rains hard the tunnel floods. Railtrack's answer at the time was to fit fans to dry out the tunnel. Problem there was it was a chalk tunnel, which was fine all the time it was damp, but as it dried out small pieces of chalk fell from the roof onto the tracks (about ten tonnes) was the biggest. That was on network southeast.

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

I think I’ve heard of that tunnel, I’m sure I watched a video about the chalk falling

[@QALibrary]

wow what a great update

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

@@QALibrary thanks, they’ve done some great work there

[@michaelashall4523]

How wide will you make this canal. It would be great if we could eventually get them all to accommodate wide beam boats.

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

@@michaelashall4523 this canal will take wide beams, it’s a broad canal up to the Butterley Tunnel

[@michaelmiller641]

Thanks for that video

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

@@michaelmiller641 no problem, thanks for watching!

[@PCMenten]

I have tried to upgrade my membership level but so far haven’t succeeded. Here is a donation instead.

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

@@PCMenten thank you so much for your continued support. Someone else had issues as well, I think she started again

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

Quite a bit of expensive Faffing Around required in these more enlightened days. But you can see how The Empire was able to get ahead so quickly in the olden days when all you needed for a major project were some drillers, Alfie Noble and a gang of "expendable" Irish, Chinese or Indian Coolies to rip 'er through! 🙄😱

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

Things were just dug and screw the consequences, I remember reading about the Netherton tunnel when I did that video, the chap running the build was congratulated on his excellent safety record as only 9 men died and 18 seriously injured. Imagine that now!

[@merikblackmore]

Is the old lock in the area near E @ 1.41?

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

@@merikblackmore yes

[@SkullBanker-68]

Keep up the good work, were gonna need as many canals as possible by 2050 when ICE vehicles are banned, got to get goods around Britain some how, good luck.

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

@@SkullBanker-68 I don’t understand why they aren’t using and expanding the network for it now

[@billmago7991]

is this the far canal ?

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

The far canal?

[@philtucker1224]

I think this new canal is a realistic project just because of the fact that they are going to take it through that existing road bridge. This aspect alone is worth millions. Q: how is the funding for the new lock being raised please? ( interested) 🤔

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

@@philtucker1224 I’m actually not sure, I think they are starting soon. I expect it’ll be a combination of social media fundraising, and trying to source grants from somewhere

[@stephenbarrs2318]

You mean devastated not decimated which means reduced by 10%

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

I didn’t know that but now feel stupid as it’s very obvious!

[@eekee6034]

Oof! Sorry, but the sound quality hurts my head.

[@CourtAboveTheCut]

@@eekee6034 I’m always looking to improve my videos, please do say what was wrong? It’s the first sound quality complaint I’ve had in a while. Was it just a section of the video or the whole thing? I’m curious as I had a different microphone plugged in for a small section due to site noise. It was the first time I’ve used the shotgun mic

[@eekee6034]

@@CourtAboveTheCut Oh sorry I didn't reply! To be honest, I've come to realise the majority of videos on KZbin hurt my head in one way or another, and even with the 'good' ones, I can't watch half as many as I'd like to. It's probably best not to worry about it while I work on improving my health.