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Grand Canal Lock No 29

 
Canal Bank Walkway, Tullamore Urban ED, County Offaly, Ireland
 
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Grand Canal Lock No 29 is a minor waterways place on the Grand Canal - Main Line between Shannon - Grand Junction (Junction of River Shannon with the Grand Canal and the Ballinasloe Branch) (19 miles and 6 furlongs and 8 locks to the west) and Grand - Kilbeggan Junction (Junction of the Grand Canal with the Kilbeggan Branch) (7 miles and 5¾ furlongs and 8 locks to the east).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Shannon - Grand Junction is Ballycowan Bridge; a few yards away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Grand - Kilbeggan Junction is Shra Bridge; 1 mile and 1½ furlongs away.

Mooring here is unrated.

This is a lock with a rise of 8 feet and 1 inch.

Becan's Bridge3 miles, 1¾ furlongs
Corcoran's Bridge2 miles, 4¼ furlongs
Charleville Aqueduct6¼ furlongs
Husband Aqueduct1¾ furlongs
Ballycowan Bridgea few yards
Grand Canal Lock No 29
Shra Bridge1 mile, 1½ furlongs
Tullamore Railway Bridge1 mile, 7¾ furlongs
R443 Road Bridge2 miles, ¼ furlongs
Grand Canal Lock No 282 miles, ¾ furlongs
Cox's Bridge2 miles, 2¾ furlongs
 
 
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In the direction of Shannon - Grand Junction

Pollagh Winding Hole6 miles, 3 furlongs and 3 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Shannon - Grand Junction

In the direction of Liffey - Grand Junction

Digby Bridge Winding Hole4 miles, ¾ furlongs and 4 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Liffey - Grand Junction

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[Grand Union Canal] The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system. Its main line starts in London and ends in Birmingham, stretching for 137 miles [Erie Canal] October 26, 1825. The canal has 34 numbered locks starting with Black Rock Lock and ending downstream with the Troy Federal Lock. Both are owned by the [Grand Canal (Ireland)] The Grand Canal (Irish: An Chanáil Mhór) is the southernmost of a pair of canals that connect Dublin, in the east of Ireland, with the River Shannon in [Lock (water navigation)] A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways [Grand Canal (China)] The Grand Canal, known to the Chinese as the Jing–Hang Grand Canal (Chinese: 京杭大運河; pinyin: Jīng-Háng Dà Yùnhé; lit. 'Capital–Hangzhou Grand Canal', or [Nicaragua Canal] Nicaraguan Canal (Spanish: Canal de Nicaragua), formally the Nicaraguan Canal and Development Project (also referred to as the Nicaragua Grand Canal, or the [Royal Canal] Ireland. It is one of two canals from Dublin to the River Shannon and was built in direct competition to the Grand Canal. The canal fell into disrepair in [Welland Canal] southernmost lock, (Lock 8 – the 'Guard' or 'Control' lock) is 349.9 m (1,148 ft) in length. The Garden City Skyway passes over the canal, restricting [List of locks on the Grand Union Canal] continues along the Erewash Canal. From Lock 60 Trent Lock north to Lock 74 at Eastwood. Grand Union Canal Waterways Guide 1 Grand Union, Oxford & the South [Oxford Canal] where it joins the Grand Union canal. From Napton Junction the Oxford canal rises again though the Napton Locks. After Napton Top Lock there is a 10 1⁄2-mile
 
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