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Eustace Bridge and Lock, Dublin Named after Colonel Charles Eustace MP, a Director of the Dublin Grand Canal Company, this bridge and lock are at the junction with Leeson Street.
Eustace Bridge and Lock, Dublin Named after Colonel Charles Eustace MP, a Director of the Dublin Grand Canal Company, this bridge and lock are at the junction with Leeson Street. · Photo: John Gibson · CC BY-SA 2.0
Eustace Lock, Grand Canal, Dublin The Grand Canal was opened in 1756 and links Dublin with the Shannon. The Eustace Lock is at the intersection with Leeson Street. It's been upgraded in recent years with the replacement of the grassy banks by stone cobbles. Moorings were provided here for canal users visiting the city centre.
Eustace Lock, Grand Canal, Dublin The Grand Canal was opened in 1756 and links Dublin with the Shannon. The Eustace Lock is at the intersection with Leeson Street. It's been upgraded in recent years with the replacement of the grassy banks by stone cobbles. Moorings were provided here for canal users visiting the city centre. · Photo: John Gibson · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Canal lock on circular line of Grand Canal, built c. 1795. Comprising two pairs of mitre gates with timber foot-boards and balance beams, set within cut limestone lock chamber, having limestone copings and splayed end to west. Timber mooring posts to north and south tow-paths. Located to east of Leeson Street and east of Eustace Bridge.
One of a series of locks to raise and lower boats between different sections of the Grand Canal, the degree of engineering and ingenuity displayed in the design lend considerable technical interest to the site. The canal originally terminated at the City Basin off James's Street, and the Circular Line, connecting the system with the Grand Canal Docks at Ringsend, was only completed in the 1790s. The canal network developed in the late eighteenth century and encouraged the commercialization and industrialization of the country. It is an important reminder of Ireland's civil engineering heritage.

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The canal originally terminated at the City Basin off James's Street, and the Circular Line, connecting the system with the Grand Canal Docks at Ringsend, was only completed in the 1790s.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 50110527

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