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Bord na Mona Lifting Bridge (derelict)

 
Grand Canal Greenway, Kilmeage North ED, Allenwood North, County Kildare, Ireland
 
Information about the place
Bord na Mona Lifting Bridge (derelict) is a minor waterways place on the Grand Canal - Main Line between Grand - Edenderry Junction (Junction of the Grand Canal with the Edenderry Branch) (7 miles and 4¼ furlongs and 1 lock to the west) and Shannon - New Barrow Line Junction (Junction of the Shannon and New Barrow Lines of the Grand Canal at Lowtown) (3 miles and 1¾ furlongs to the east).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Grand - Edenderry Junction is Hamilton Bridge; 7¼ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Shannon - New Barrow Line Junction is Shee Bridge; 1 mile and 2½ furlongs away.

Mooring here is unrated.

This is the site of a bridge, the canal may be narrow as a consequence.

Grand Canal Lock No 203 miles, 4¾ furlongs
Hartley Bridge (Grand Canal)2 miles, 7¾ furlongs
Cushaling Aqueduct2 miles, 7 furlongs
Kilpatrick Briquette Factory Bridge1 mile, 5½ furlongs
Hamilton Bridge7¼ furlongs
Bord na Mona Lifting Bridge (derelict)
Shee Bridge1 mile, 2½ furlongs
Bond Bridge2 miles, 1¼ furlongs
Slate Aqueduct3 miles, ½ furlongs
Shannon - New Barrow Line Junction3 miles, 1¾ furlongs
Lowtown Bridge3 miles, 3 furlongs
 
 
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In the direction of Liffey - Grand Junction

Shannon - New Barrow Line Junction3 miles, 1¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Liffey - Grand Junction
Dublin - Old Barrow Line Junction3 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
On this waterway in the direction of Liffey - Grand Junction
Robertstown Winding Hole4 miles, 1½ furlongs and 1 lock away
On this waterway in the direction of Liffey - Grand Junction
Blackwood Feeder5 miles, 4 furlongs and 1 lock away
On this waterway in the direction of Liffey - Grand Junction
Goatstown Winding Hole6 miles, 4¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
On this waterway in the direction of Liffey - Grand Junction
Spencer Winding Hole11 miles, 3¾ furlongs and 5 locks away
Travel to Shannon - New Barrow Line Junction, then on the Grand Canal - New Barrow Line to Old Barrow - New Barrow Junction, then on the Grand Canal - Barrow Line to Spencer Winding Hole
Macartney Winding Hole15 miles, 1¾ furlongs and 5 locks away
Travel to Shannon - New Barrow Line Junction, then on the Grand Canal - New Barrow Line to Old Barrow - New Barrow Junction, then on the Grand Canal - Barrow Line to Macartney Winding Hole
Ponsonby Winding Hole14 miles, 6 furlongs and 6 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Liffey - Grand Junction
Jigginstown Bridge Winding Hole14 miles, 1¼ furlongs and 9 locks away
Travel to Grand - Naas Junction, then on the Grand Canal - Naas Branch to Naas - Corbally Junction, then on the Grand Canal - Corbally Branch to Jigginstown Bridge Winding Hole
Moore's Bridge Winding Hole17 miles, 5¾ furlongs and 8 locks away
Travel to Shannon - New Barrow Line Junction, then on the Grand Canal - New Barrow Line to Old Barrow - New Barrow Junction, then on the Grand Canal - Barrow Line to Moore's Bridge Winding Hole
Aylmer's Winding Hole17 miles, 7 furlongs and 8 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Liffey - Grand Junction
Hazelhatch Winding Hole19 miles, 5½ furlongs and 8 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Liffey - Grand Junction

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boatyard pump-out
 
 
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[Glenties] Real IRA at a remote cottage near Derryloaghan, 8 km from Glenties. Bord na Móna bought 1,200 acres (490 ha) of bog in 1937 to be drained and cut for [Galway] Friday and Saturday night. It was refurbished by the Irish Greyhound Board, Bord na gCon, and the facility is shared with the Connacht rugby team. Galway City [Talyllyn Railway] in 1969 a 3 ft (914 mm) gauge steam locomotive was purchased from the Bord na Mona (Irish Peat Board) with a view to rebuilding it for use on the Talyllyn [Downpatrick and County Down Railway] gradient, with vertical retaining walls on either side. The Quoile Bridge is the longest bridge on the DCDR. It carries the North Line over the River Quoile [List of Private Passions episodes (2000–2004)] Flying Manuel De Falla Nana (From Seven Spanish Folk Songs) Gabriel Fauré Au Bord De L'Eau Leoš Janáček Piano Sonata 1. X. 1905 - "From The Street" (1st Mvt [Rail transport in Ireland] surplus by the retirement of the Mark 3 coach fleet.[citation needed] Bord na Móna operates an extensive 1,930 km (1,199 mi) narrow-gauge railway. This [History of Limerick] up non-agricultural industries such as Turf Development Board (Later Bord na Móna) and Aer Rianta (airports authority). In 1935 Charles Lindbergh was consulted [1971 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year] allowed to seed their greyhounds wide for the first time. In Ireland the Bord na gCon introduced drug testing for the first time. Sole Aim was a rare English [2018 in Ireland] immediately following structural assessment inspections. 24 October Bord na Móna announced that up to 430 workers are to be made redundant, with up to
 
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Bord na Mona - Naturally Driven
Bord na Móna is an iconic Irish company operating six business units: Powergen, Biomass, Resource Recovery, Peat, Horticulture, and Fuels.
bridges of offaly county: an industrial heritage review
Nov 20, 2005 ... particular bridges carry Bord na Mona peat railways over minor watercourses .... now-disused Clara Branch of Midland Great Western Railway (fig 2.6b). ...... was built in the 1960s and is a rare example of a lifting bridge (fig.
BORD NA MONA
This map shows the various Bord na Mona bogs (numbered 1 to 25) as well as ... Carlow - (5ft 3in) 2 Ruston diesels, 1 Orenstein & Koppel steam (derelict). ... and 104) in use at Beragh lifting track of closed Belfast - Omagh - Londonderry line. .... of milled peat at Shannon Bridge power station (no locomotives of its own), and ...
TNC On Tour 2008 March Trip
Neil does the buttons on the Bord Na Mona swing bridge. Grand Canal. Sunset over the Grand Canal. The abandoned Bord Na Mona lifting bridge. Grand Canal  ...
Waterway Corridor Study Shannon Roosky To Lanesborough The
To promote regeneration and the reuse of derelict and obsolete sites and buildings, ..... periodically (3.1-Bb) and a Bord na Móna rail bridge with a lifting section.
8 Reinstatement & Closure of Rail Lines
for the reinstatement of disused lines be investigated. ...... Holyhead Land-Bridge and Rail Terminal serving ... Bord Na Móna (BNM) has contracts to supply peat.
News 2004
There is a centre cab loco derelict in the power station yard, but the sidings are all shunted by FEVE now. ... A short line goes under the main road, over a river bridge and serves a small ... Two locos were said to be track lifting out on the bog . ... Bord na Mona, Coolnamona (3ft Gauge) Working normally but only bringing in ...
John Raby Irish Bog Blog, Bord na Mona,linesiding with John, John ...
Jan 5, 2014 ... We headed back to the largest system to see two impressive structures, the Grand Canal lift bridge and the viaduct. We called first at a tea ...
DUBLIN PORT YEARBOOK
May 13, 2018 ... upriver, closer to the city at the Tom Clarke Bridge. The planned redevelopment ..... 5.0?n Roll-On, Roll-Off (Ro-Ro), and 5.2?n Lift-On,. Lift-Off (Lo-Lo) ... “We have entirely abandoned the idea that we would revert to any ...... RO/RO. Ramp. No.9. ONE WAY. O'Reilly. Transport. Bord na Mona. Rubbshed.
Longford Local Development Strategy (LDS)
Sep 29, 2016 ... Longford Westmeath Education Training Board. VTOS ...... division of Bord na Mona where he held a number of managerial posts both at local ...