If you own either of these boats, you might like to check your mooring lines.
Barrow Otter between the aqueducts
Small boat between the Robertstown slipway and Lowtown
Incidentally, the roadway between Robertstown and Lowtown is in dreadful condition.
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Here is a page about the feeders that supplied water to the Grand Canal. There will soon be a page about the Royal Canal feeders; these will lead to an examination of the current and proposed supply of water to the Royal.
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