Editing Benjamin Outram (section)

===Early career===
Joseph Outram was a promoter of the [[Cromford Canal]],<ref name=BBC-tunnel>{{cite web| title='World's oldest railway tunnel' awarded protected status| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-31951751| website=BBC| accessdate=19 March 2015| date=19 March 2015}}</ref> and when [[William Jessop]] was approached to design and build it he found an able assistant in 24-year-old Benjamin. Construction of the canal, particularly [[Butterley Tunnel]], revealed substantial mineral deposits. The neighbouring [[Butterley Hall]] and its {{convert|200|acre|km2|adj=on}} estate came on the market at this time and Francis Beresford, solicitor to the canal company, bought the [[Freehold (English law)|freehold]] of the hall and its estate. He leased it on a [[moiety title|moiety]] to Outram until the latter had acquired enough capital for a fifty per cent holding.