This is another replacement milepost. It is unusual in that it was sponsored
by members of the Swarkestone Boat Club. Swarkestone is twenty-four miles back
towards Shardlow.
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The milepost is located opposite the Armitage Shanks works, well-known as
manufacturers of "bathroom ware".
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The housing of Handsacre has given way to industrial buildings. However, almost
midway between this milepost and milepost 31 is the site of the Armitage tunnel.
Although subsidence meant that it was reduced to a cutting with a modern road bridge,
it was notable because it was the first canal tunnel to be built with a towpath.
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