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Ponsonby Winding Hole

 
Grand Canal Way, Kill ED, County Kildare, Ireland
 
Information about the place
Ponsonby Winding Hole is a minor waterways place on the Grand Canal - Main Line between Grand - Naas Junction (Junction of the Grand Canal and the Naas Branch) (3 miles and 7¼ furlongs and 2 locks to the southwest) and Grand Canal Sea Lock (Variable rise and fall lock) (17 miles and 1¾ furlongs and 24 locks to the east).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Grand - Naas Junction is Devonshire Bridge; 7¾ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Grand Canal Sea Lock is Painestown River Aqueduct (Also known as GC Aqueduct No 1); ½ furlongs away.

Mooring here is unrated.

You can wind here.

Morell Aqueduct1 mile, 4¼ furlongs
Grand Canal Lock No 151 mile, 3¾ furlongs
Grand Canal Lock No 141 mile, ½ furlongs
Morell Feeder Channel1 mile, ¼ furlongs
Devonshire Bridge7¾ furlongs
Ponsonby Winding Hole
Painestown River Aqueduct½ furlongs
Ponsonby Bridge4 furlongs
Henry Bridge2 miles, ¼ furlongs
Grand Canal Lock No 132 miles, 5¼ furlongs
Aylmer's Winding Hole3 miles, 1 furlong
 
 
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In the direction of Shannon - Grand Junction

Goatstown Winding Hole8 miles, 1¼ furlongs and 5 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Shannon - Grand Junction
Jigginstown Bridge Winding Hole7 miles, 2 furlongs and 7 locks away
Travel to Grand - Naas Junction, then on the Grand Canal - Naas Branch to Naas - Corbally Junction, then on the Grand Canal - Corbally Branch to Jigginstown Bridge Winding Hole
Blackwood Feeder9 miles, 2 furlongs and 5 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Shannon - Grand Junction
Robertstown Winding Hole10 miles, 4½ furlongs and 5 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Shannon - Grand Junction
Dublin - Old Barrow Line Junction11 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 5 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Shannon - Grand Junction
Shannon - New Barrow Line Junction11 miles, 4¼ furlongs and 6 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Shannon - Grand Junction
Spencer Winding Hole19 miles, 4½ furlongs and 11 locks away
Travel to Dublin - Old Barrow Line Junction, then on the Grand Canal - Old Barrow Line to Old Barrow - New Barrow Junction, then on the Grand Canal - Barrow Line to Spencer Winding Hole

In the direction of Liffey - Grand Junction

Aylmer's Winding Hole3 miles, 1 furlong and 2 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Liffey - Grand Junction
Hazelhatch Winding Hole4 miles, 7½ furlongs and 2 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Liffey - Grand Junction
Gollierstown Winding Hole6 miles, 1 furlong and 2 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Liffey - Grand Junction
The Grange Winding Hole7 miles, 4¼ furlongs and 3 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Liffey - Grand Junction
Ballymanagin Lane Winding Hole9 miles, ¼ furlongs and 3 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Liffey - Grand Junction
Yellowmeadows Winding Hole10 miles, 2½ furlongs and 7 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Liffey - Grand Junction
Clanbrassil Winding Hole14 miles, 6½ furlongs and 17 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Liffey - Grand Junction
Portobello Winding Hole15 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 17 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Liffey - Grand Junction

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rubbish disposal
chemical toilet disposal
self-operated pump-out
boatyard pump-out
 
 
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[Royal Scots Greys] captured Ponsonby executed him and then used his lance to kill three of the Scots Greys who had attempted the rescue. By the time Ponsonby died, the [List of Private Passions episodes (1995–1999)] Nationaldanceawards.com. Retrieved 23 April 2017. "Interview: Robert Ponsonby - A life among the stars". Scotsman.com. Retrieved 23 April 2017. "Bloomsbury [1919 Birthday Honours] Member of the Council of His Excellency the Governor of Bengal Col. Gerald Ponsonby Lenox-Conyngham, Royal Engineers, Superintendent of the Trigonometrical [SS Wanganui] on 30 October 1866. The contest had been pre-arranged between Captain Ponsonby, one of the most courteous and efficient officers in the Panama Company’s
 
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