Lecarrow Canal

Lecarrow Canal
Lecarrow harbour
Specifications
Length	1 mile (1.6 km)
Locks	0
Maximum height above sea level	240 ft (73 m)
Status	Open
Geography
Start point	Lecarrow
End point	Lough Ree

The Lecarrow Canal (Irish: Canáil An Leithcheathrú) is a 1.5 km navigable canal in County Roscommon, Ireland, connecting the village of Lecarrow to Lough Ree.^[1]^[2] Constructed in the 1840s to carry limestone from a quarry to Athlone for construction projects by the Shannon Commissioners, it first fell into disuse after 17 years but was cleaned up in 1889^[3] and was dredged in the 1960s by the Office of Public Works.^[2]

References

↑ "Route Planner" (PDF). Carrick Craft. p. 5. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
1 2 Hammond, Fred (December 2003). "Industrial Heritage of the Shannon Waterway: Lanesborough to Shannonbridge" (PDF). Heritage Council. p. 7. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
↑ "Ireland - Lough Ree and the Shannon". House of Commons Questions. Hansard. 1889-07-04. Retrieved 2014-04-03.

River Shannon, Ireland (Basin)

Counties	Cavan Leitrim Roscommon Longford Westmeath Offaly Galway Tipperary Clare Limerick

Settlements	Dowra Carrick-on-Shannon Roosky Athlone Shannonbridge Banagher Killaloe Limerick City

Major tributaries	Abbey Boyle Brosna Deel Inny Maigue Mulkear Nenagh Suck

Flows into	Shannon Estuary Atlantic Ocean

Linked canals	Shannon–Erne Waterway Jamestown Canal River Suck canal Boyle canal Lecarrow Canal Royal Canal Grand Canal Headrace canal (Ardnacrusha)

Major crossings	Dowra Bridge Carrick Bridge Jamestown Bridge Drumsna Bridge Roosky Bridge N6 Athlone bypass Shannonbridge Banagher bridge Portumna bridge Killaloe Bridge The Living Bridge University Bridge O'Briensbridge Shannon Bridge Limerick Tunnel Shannon Ferry All crossings of the River Shannon

Coordinates: 53°33′00″N 8°02′37″W / 53.5498845°N 8.0436241°W / 53.5498845; -8.0436241

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