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Jamestown Canal

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Province
  
Connacht

Date of first use
  
1799

Start point
  
River Shannon (Ardnafron)

Date of act
  
1697

Locks
  
1

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The Jamestown Canal (Irish: Canáil Chill Srianáin) bypasses a non-navigable section of the River Shannon between Jamestown and Drumsna in Ireland. The canal is 2.6 km in length and is located in County Roscommon. The Shannon Commissioners constructed the canal in 1848 to replace an earlier, smaller canal as part of a widescale upgrade of the Shannon Navigation.

Contents

Map of Jamestown Canal, Co. Roscommon, Ireland

Structures associated with the canalEdit

The following associated structures are listed as being of architectural social and technical interest on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

  • Albert lock (1848) and lock keepers cottage.
  • Jamestown Canal Bridge, rusticated bridge with a single span over the canal, built about 1850.

    • References

    Jamestown Canal Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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