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Irish waterways bogs (toilets)
Cover page (links only) for the Grand and Royal Canals with details of the Grand lock at Belmont and the Shannon Harbour dry docks
Cover page (links only) for northern waterways with a page about Dukart’s dry hurries
Dry docks (and Shannon Harbour dry docks)
The ESB pumping-stations above Portumna on the Shannon
Grand Canal
Grand Canal locks have footboards across the upper faces of both sets of gates. Here is the lock at Lowtown (the highest point of the Grand Canal).
Footboards at Lock 19 (Lowtown)
The footboard hinge at Lock 19
The footboards on the lower gate are hinged.
Irish waterways history 