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Grand Canal Lock No 8

 
Grand Canal Way, Clondalkin-Monastery ED, Yellowmeadows, County Dublin, Ireland
 
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Grand Canal Lock No 8 is a minor waterways place on the Grand Canal - Main Line between Grand - Naas Junction (Junction of the Grand Canal and the Naas Branch) (14 miles and 5¾ furlongs and 9 locks to the west) and Grand Canal Sea Lock (Variable rise and fall lock) (6 miles and 3½ furlongs and 16 locks to the east).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Grand - Naas Junction is M50 Road Bridge; 2¼ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Grand Canal Sea Lock is Park West Avenue Road Bridge; ¼ furlongs away.

Mooring here is unrated.

This is a lock with a rise of 8 feet and 4 inches.

 
 
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In the direction of Shannon - Grand Junction

Yellowmeadows Winding Hole3¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
On this waterway in the direction of Shannon - Grand Junction
Ballymanagin Lane Winding Hole1 mile, 6 furlongs and 5 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Shannon - Grand Junction
The Grange Winding Hole3 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 5 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Shannon - Grand Junction
Gollierstown Winding Hole4 miles, 5¼ furlongs and 6 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Shannon - Grand Junction
Hazelhatch Winding Hole5 miles, 7 furlongs and 6 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Shannon - Grand Junction
Aylmer's Winding Hole7 miles, 5½ furlongs and 6 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Shannon - Grand Junction
Ponsonby Winding Hole10 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 8 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Shannon - Grand Junction
Goatstown Winding Hole18 miles, 7¾ furlongs and 13 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Shannon - Grand Junction
Jigginstown Bridge Winding Hole18 miles, ¼ furlongs and 15 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

In the direction of Liffey - Grand Junction

Clanbrassil Winding Hole4 miles, ¼ furlongs and 10 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Liffey - Grand Junction
Portobello Winding Hole4 miles, 4 furlongs and 10 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Liffey - Grand Junction

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[Grand Union Canal] The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system. Its main line starts in London and ends in Birmingham, stretching for 137 miles [Erie Canal] October 26, 1825. The canal has 34 numbered locks starting with Black Rock Lock and ending downstream with the Troy Federal Lock. Both are owned by the [Lock (water navigation)] A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways [Grand Canal (Ireland)] The Grand Canal (Irish: An Chanáil Mhór) is the southernmost of a pair of canals that connect Dublin, in the east of Ireland, with the River Shannon in [Grand Canal (China)] The Grand Canal, known to the Chinese as the Jing–Hang Grand Canal (Chinese: 京杭大運河; pinyin: Jīng-Háng Dà Yùnhé; lit. 'Capital–Hangzhou Grand Canal', or [Nicaragua Canal] Nicaraguan Canal (Spanish: Canal de Nicaragua), formally the Nicaraguan Canal and Development Project (also referred to as the Nicaragua Grand Canal, or the [Royal Canal] Ireland. It is one of two canals from Dublin to the River Shannon and was built in direct competition to the Grand Canal. The canal fell into disrepair in [Welland Canal] southernmost lock, (Lock 8 – the 'Guard' or 'Control' lock) is 349.9 m (1,148 ft) in length. The Garden City Skyway passes over the canal, restricting [Oxford Canal] where it joins the Grand Union canal. From Napton Junction the Oxford canal rises again though the Napton Locks. After Napton Top Lock there is a 10 1⁄2-mile [Grand Union Canal (old)] The Grand Union Canal was a canal in England from Foxton, Leicestershire on the Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal to Norton Junction, close
 
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