GCL 21

Ireland / Offaly / Tullamore /
 lock (water navigation), listed building / architectural heritage, 1790s construction
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Grand Canal Lock No 21
21st Lock, Grand Canal, Co. Offaly.
21st lock on the Grand Canal, built c.1795, with limestone lock walls splayed at either end. Lock gates still in use. Stop plank grooves to lock walls. Derelict three-bay single-storey former lock keeper's house on north bank of canal with limestone eaves course and window surrounds and remains of cast-iron casement windows.
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Coordinates:   53°16'49"N   7°22'15"W
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