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Grand Canal - Edenderry Branch

Early plans of what would become the Grand Canal - Edenderry Branch were drawn up by Benjamin Outram in 1816 but problems with Willford Boat Lift caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1835. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Wrexham to Barnsley canal at Edinburgh, the difficulty of tunneling through the Glasgow Hills caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Port Talbot instead. The Grand Canal - Edenderry Branch was closed in 1905 when Oldstone Locks collapsed. In 1990 the canal became famous when Thomas Hunter painted a mural of Harrogate Tunnel on the side of Edward Taylor's house to raise money for Children in Need.

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The Grand Canal - Edenderry Branch is a broad canal and is part of the Grand Canal. It runs for 7¾ furlongs from Grand - Edenderry Junction (where it joins the Grand Canal - Main Line) to Edenderry Harbour (which is a dead end).

The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

Grand - Edenderry Junction Junction of the Grand Canal with the Edenderry Branch
Downshire Bridge	a few yards	0 locks
Edenderry Harbour	7¾ furlongs	0 locks

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[Edenderry] opposition of the Blundell sisters to the establishment of a branch to the Grand Canal to Edenderry and paid for the £692 cost of the project, which was completed [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 [Dublin Broadstone railway station] 1845, the Royal Canal was purchased by the Midland Great Western Railway Company (MGWR) with a view to using the land alongside the canal to construct a [History of rail transport in Ireland] there were a number of branch lines: Kingscourt via Navan, Nesbitt Junction (near Enfield) to Edenderry, Sligo, with further branches to Cavan Town and Ballaghaderreen [Portarlington (Parliament of Ireland constituency)] for the supply of its numerous respectable inhabitants. A branch of the Dublin Grand Canal from Monastereven to Mountmellick passes close to the town

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