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The Caldon Canal runs with the river through the
Churnet Valley and along parts the river is canalised. There was intensive freight traffic on the waterway transporting limestone and ironstone from the wharves on the canal. Today the only industrial use of the river is by the sand quarry at Oakamoor.
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Churnet Valley was heavily involved in the iron-smelting industry and it is documented from as long ago as 1290 that iron was smelted using the river as its main source of energy. The early forges were at East Wall, near Oakamoor, but a later forge is still standing at Consall, next to the locks
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locks into the river at Oak Meadow Ford Lock, 2 miles on from
Cheddleton and river and canal are one until Consall Forge, where the canal goes its own way again. The river continues through the valley, past ancient woodland and the Bolton Copper works at
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by the textile industry to make dyes. The dyeing industry was established in 1734 and it was claimed that the water from the
Churnet was the finest in Europe for this purpose. In nearby Cheddleton the Churnet was used to power a
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