Survey Data
Reg No
41401230
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Aqueduct
Date
1830 - 1850
Coordinates
256582, 326617
Date Recorded
18/05/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Aqueduct, erected c.1840, carrying head race of former mill over local road. Timber superstructure of c.1900, braced with wrought-iron ties, supported on rubble stone abutments. Mass concrete walls flanking head race on either side of aqueduct, replacing original earth sides c.1940.
Appraisal
This simple, but unusual structure forms a component part of the complex of the nearby mill, carrying water to power the mill, and later being used to provide electricity. The pitch-pine timber channel was tarred to waterproof it, and its survival until today is testament both to the quality of the materials used and the civil engineering skill which was available in the mid-nineteenth century to put this channel in place. The bridge is of historical and social significance as a reminder of the industrial heritage of County Monaghan.