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| Huband's Aqueduct, County Offaly
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| 14916027 |
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| Reg. No. | 14916027 |
| Date | 1800 - 1805 |
| Previous Name | N/A |
| Townland | BALLYCOWAN |
| County | County Offaly |
| Coordinates | 229437, 225129 |
| Categories of Special Interest | ARCHITECTURAL TECHNICAL |
| Rating | Regional |
| Original Use | aqueduct |
| In Use As | aqueduct |
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Description
Triple-arched masonry aqueduct, built in 1803, carrying the Grand Canal over the River Tullamore. Abutments, piers and triangular profiled cutwaters of regularly laid dressed limestone blocks. Segmental arched profile with voussoirs of dressed stone. Dressed string courses run across spandrels and parapets. Parapets of random stone and terminate in stone piers. Carved date plaques to each parapet which read: 'Huband Aqueduct 1803'. Towing path to either side of the canal with limestone retaining walls.
Appraisal
This aqueduct, which carries the Grand Canal over the Tullamore River, is a reminder of the engineering achievements of the late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-centuries. This section of the canal was opened in 1804. The detailing to the plaque, the arches and the stone cutwaters hightlight this aqueduct as a significant feature within the riverscape. It is one of three such aqueducts along the County Offaly stretch of the Grand Canal. It was named after Joseph Huband, a director in the Gand Canal Company around the time of the bridge's erection. |
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