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Cloncurry Bridge

 
Cloncurry Bridge, Innfield, Ballinderrin, County Meath, Ireland (L6227)
 

Cloncurry Bridge carries a farm track over the Royal Canal - Main Line.

Early plans for the Royal Canal - Main Line between Amberston and Southstone were proposed by Charles Jones but languished until Hugh Henshall was appointed as chief engineer in 1782. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Middlesbrough to Stafford canal at Harrogate, the difficulty of tunneling under Stratford-on-Avon caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Trafford instead. Expectations for iron traffic to Castlecroft were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only the carriage of stone from Renfrewshire to Bradford prevented closure. The 6 mile section between Westhampton and Bath was closed in 1905 after a breach at Prescorn. Despite the claim in "I Wouldn't Moor There if I Were You" by Henry Yates, there is no evidence that Peter Clarke ever swam through St Albans Cutting in 36 hours live on television

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Cloncurry Bridge is a minor waterways place on the Royal Canal - Main Line between Mullingar (26 miles and 7½ furlongs and 8 locks to the west) and North Wall Lift Bridge (25 miles and 6¼ furlongs and 29 locks to the east).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Mullingar is Enfield Bridge; 1 mile and 7¼ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of North Wall Lift Bridge is Fern's Lock No 17; 3 miles and 4½ furlongs away.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.

Kilmore Bridge4 miles, 5¼ furlongs
River Blackwater Aqueduct4 miles, 1¼ furlongs
Narrows No 1 - Royal Canal4 miles
Enfield Bypass Bridge2 miles, 1 furlong
Enfield Bridge1 mile, 7¼ furlongs
Cloncurry Bridge
Fern's Lock No 173 miles, 4½ furlongs
McLoughlin Bridge3 miles, 4¾ furlongs
Allen Bridge5 miles, 2¼ furlongs
Kilcock Lock No 165 miles, 7¼ furlongs
Shaws Bridge5 miles, 7½ furlongs
 
 
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[Great Northern Railway (Mt Isa line)] kilometres (191 mi) of track between Cloncurry and Hughenden with over 204 places suffering serious erosion and 16 bridges damaged. The repair work needed [Baron Cloncurry] Baron Cloncurry, of Cloncurry in the County of Kildare, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 29 December 1789 for Sir Nicholas Lawless [Barkly Highway] between Queensland and the Northern Territory. The highway runs between Cloncurry and the junction with the Stuart Highway north of Tennant Creek, known [Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia] formed the AIM Aerial Medical Service, a one-year experiment based in Cloncurry, Queensland. This experiment later became The Royal Flying Doctor Service [Flinders Highway, Queensland] from Townsville on the Pacific coast to Cloncurry. The road continues as the Barkly Highway from Cloncurry to the Northern Territory border at Camooweal [Burke Developmental Road] Developmental Road is a Queensland (Australia) developmental road. It links Cloncurry and Normanton in a south–north direction, then continues to the east 30 km [Susan McDonald] on Devoncourt Station, located in the locality of Kuridala outside of Cloncurry. She began her schooling through the School of the Air based in Mount [Great Famine (Ireland)] deputation from the citizens of Dublin, including the Duke of Leinster, Lord Cloncurry, Daniel O'Connell and the Lord Mayor, went to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland [Lyons Hill] traced at Ardclough canal bridge. With the accidental burning of the mill in 1903 and the decline of the estate after the Cloncurry title became extinct, [Construction of Queensland railways] to Cloncurry in 1908 and Selwyn in 1910. A branch was completed from Cloncurry to Mount Cuthbert in 1915. Another branch was opened from Cloncurry to
 
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Cloncurry bridge | The lovely stone bridge over the Royal Ca… | Flickr
Jul 23, 2014 ... The lovely stone bridge over the Royal Canal at Cloncurry.
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Nov 17, 2017 ... Kilcock greenway (Chambers bridge to Spin bridge): Completed Dec 2016 ... Cloncurry Bridge to the Blackwater Aquaduct: Meath County ...
Bridge near Cloncurry - ABC Rural - ABC News
May 28, 2015 ... Bridge near Cloncurry in north-west Queensland. Hailey Renault. Topics. Rural · Cloncurry. Rural News. delivered to your inbox. Email Address ...
Cloncurry river in full flight as floodwaters rise | The North West Star
Feb 2, 2019 ... Cloncurry received 178.2mm rainfall in the 24 hours to 9am Saturday.
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Jun 12, 2010 ... First up was Cloncurry Bridge beside the graveyard that holds Teresa Brayton's remains. Further on, we spotted a lone swan who, only when ...
Burke Developmental Road - Wikipedia
The Burke Developmental Road is a Queensland (Australia) developmental road . It links Cloncurry and Normanton in a south–north direction, then continues ... This bridge was named after two of the region's indigenous leaders, Lily and ...
Royal Canal Amenity Group (RCAG) News
Mar 30, 2019 ... Further stretches have been completed between the Blackwater Aqueduct and Cloncurry Bridge, Enfield -7km, and Ferns Lock to Maynooth ...
New railway bridge over Cloncurry River | Queensland Places
New railway bridge over Cloncurry River. Genre: slide. Year Created: 1961. Contributor: Edward Robertson. Headwords: Cloncurry Shire ...
Kildare County Council
Sep 1, 2017 ... Lock and Cloncurry which is part of a larger proposal for a cycleway from ... west of Cloncurry Bridge and to the east of Ferrans Lock in the ...
Constructing new bridge over Cloncurry river, after flood damaged ...
Constructing new bridge over Cloncurry river, after flood damaged the old bridge. The 'new' bridge has since been replaced by a high level structure, Cloncurry ...