Survey Data
Reg No
30318058
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Technical
Original Use
Weighbridge/weighhouse
In Use As
Unknown
Date
1880 - 1920
Coordinates
129518, 224849
Date Recorded
28/08/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Cast-iron weighbridge, installed c.1900, comprising platform with embossed lettering 'AVERY' to each end, and set in concrete, close to side of Eglinton Canal and next to the site of a mill.
Appraisal
This interesting piece of street furniture is all that remains of a now absent weighbridge located next to the Eglinton Canal and the site of a long gone corn mill. Cast by a British firm, W.T. Avery Ltd, this feature is an important reminder of the industrial and commercial heritage of Galway.