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Potter's Lock in the Larklands neighbourhood, looking towards Ilkeston. The houses in the distance are on Monks Close and Tressall Close. This "broad canal" extends for just under 12 miles (19 km). The canal was built under a 1777 Act of Parliament with John Varley as its engineer and John & James Pinkerton as main contractors. It was completed in 1779 at a cost of