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Royal Canal Lock No 6

 
Royal Canal, Shandon Mill, Cabra East A ED, Grangegorman Middle, County Dublin, Ireland
 
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Royal Canal Lock No 6 is a minor waterways place on the Royal Canal - Main Line between Mullingar (50 miles and 5 furlongs and 25 locks to the west) and North Wall Lift Bridge (2 miles and ¾ furlongs and 10 locks to the southeast).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Mullingar is Dublin - Galway Railway Aqueduct; 3¾ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of North Wall Lift Bridge is Royal Canal Lock No 5; 1¼ furlongs away.

Mooring here is unrated.

This is a pair of locks with a rise of 17 feet and 5 inches.

 
 
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Portobello Winding Hole4 miles, 5¾ furlongs and 20 locks away
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Clanbrassil Winding Hole5 miles, 1½ furlongs and 20 locks away
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Yellowmeadows Winding Hole9 miles, 5½ furlongs and 30 locks away
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Ballymanagin Lane Winding Hole10 miles, 7¾ furlongs and 34 locks away
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The Grange Winding Hole12 miles, 3¾ furlongs and 34 locks away
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Gollierstown Winding Hole13 miles, 7 furlongs and 35 locks away
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Hazelhatch Winding Hole15 miles, ¾ furlongs and 35 locks away
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Aylmer's Winding Hole16 miles, 7 furlongs and 35 locks away
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[Royal Canal] of Ireland formed the Royal Canal Amenity Group to save the canal. By 1990 they had 74 kilometres of canal, from the 12th lock in Blanchardstown to Mullingar [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 [Canal du Midi] Originally named the Canal royal en Languedoc (Royal Canal in Languedoc) and renamed by French revolutionaries to Canal du Midi in 1789, the canal is considered [Hertford Union Canal] maintained by the Canal & River Trust. The canal starts at Hertford Union Junction between Mile End Lock and Old Ford Lock on the Regent's Canal. It passes along [Kennet and Avon Canal] second-deepest canal lock. Just above the Deep Lock is another side pound as a reservoir for refilling the lock, followed by Wash House Lock. After a slightly [Camden Lock] Camden Lock is a small part of Camden Town, London Borough of Camden, England, which was formerly a wharf with stables on the Regent's Canal. It is immediately [Royal Military Canal] The Royal Military Canal is a canal running for 28 miles (45 km) between Seabrook near Folkestone and Cliff End near Hastings, following the old cliff [Forth and Clyde Canal] cruises along the canal. There are 39 locks on the Forth & Clyde Canal, as follows: 1 – New River Carron Sea Lock (The Helix Canal Extension – beyond [Caledonian Canal] translation (An) Canàl Cailleannach. Locks along the Caledonian Canal Neptune's Staircase, the longest staircase lock in Britain. The Dochgarroch Lock along the [Grand Canal (Ireland)] villages and towns, the two canals nearly encircling Dublin's inner city. Its sister canal on the Northside of Dublin is the Royal Canal. The last working cargo
 
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