Royal Canal Greenway (stage 4): Abbeyshrule - Coolnahinch Bridge
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 12.91 mi
- Elevation gain
- 23 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 30 ft
- Max elevation
- 219 ft
- TrailRank
- 30
- Min elevation
- 167 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 3 hours 2 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1287
- Uploaded
- May 31, 2021
- Recorded
- May 2021
near Abbeyshrule, Leinster (Ireland)
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Itinerary description
From Abbeyshrule to 41st Lock Chamber and Coolnahinch Bridge.
Coolnahinch Bridge is a typically well-built canal bridge, which is a valuable part of the architectural and industrial heritage of County Longford. Although humble in form, this structure has a simple and functional elegance. It is robustly built in fine stone masonry, which is testament to the long-term ambitions of the Royal Canal Company at the start of the nineteenth century. It was probably built to designs by John Killaly (1766 – 1832), the engineer responsible for the construction of the Royal Canal through County Longford. The fine construction of Coolnahinch Bridge and the associated canal structures on the site, including a lock keeper's house and lock, are an important reminder of the confidence the canal building era prior to the demise of this transport system in the mid-to-late nineteenth century.
https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13313002/coolnahinch-bridge-coolnahinch-moydow-by-county-longford
Coolnahinch Bridge is a typically well-built canal bridge, which is a valuable part of the architectural and industrial heritage of County Longford. Although humble in form, this structure has a simple and functional elegance. It is robustly built in fine stone masonry, which is testament to the long-term ambitions of the Royal Canal Company at the start of the nineteenth century. It was probably built to designs by John Killaly (1766 – 1832), the engineer responsible for the construction of the Royal Canal through County Longford. The fine construction of Coolnahinch Bridge and the associated canal structures on the site, including a lock keeper's house and lock, are an important reminder of the confidence the canal building era prior to the demise of this transport system in the mid-to-late nineteenth century.
https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13313002/coolnahinch-bridge-coolnahinch-moydow-by-county-longford
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