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WATERWAYS WORLD SITE OF THE MONTH JANUARY 2002 "Benjamin Outram" Born 1st April 1764 at Alfreton in Derbyshire Died 22nd May 1805 Benjamin Outram worked on the following canals Assisted William Jessop to design and build the Cromford Canal In 1792 he became engineer for the Nottingham Canal In 1793 he bacame engineer for the Derby Canal, working in the meantime on the Nutbrook Canal. He is best known for the 44 ft long single-span Holmes Aqueduct on the Derby Canal, which opened in February 1796 and was one of the world's first cast-iron aqueducts. It predated Thomas Telford's much longer aqueduct on the Shrewsbury Canal at Longdon-on-Tern by one month. He was also the consulting engineer for the construction of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal which included the pioneering Standedge Canal Tunnel. In 1794 he was also responsible for the Peak Forest Canal, which included the Marple Aqueduct. The climb from Bugsworth was negotiated by the six mile-long Peak Forest Tramway. Stodhart Tunnel on this tramway is believed to be the first railway tunnel in Derbyshire, In 1798, he was retained to complete the final section of the Ashton Canal which included the Store Street Aqueduct. UKCanals Ring Owner: Ken Fairhurst Site: UK Canals PREV LIST RANDOM JOIN NEXT Powered by Bravenet UK Waterways web ring member [ See All Sites | Join | Random | << Prev | Next >> ] The author is a member of Mail the Web-master. This site is designed and written by KJF Designs © 2000 - 2009