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Salmon Weir Bridge — Galway

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Salmon Weir Bridge — Galway
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Seven-span limestone block road bridge, built 1818, comprising seven segmental arches having tooled limestone voussoirs, rendered soffits, springing from limestone block and rubble piers with bow-ended cutwaters having tooled limestone gadroon capping, base of piers now encased in concrete. Moulded tooled limestone string course below parapet, latter of tooled limestone block construction with painted cast-iron balustrade with limestone coping over. Cast-iron lamp standards to parapet. Bridge spans River Corrib and partly filled-in canal. Two east-most arches separated by block and earth walkway. Recent wrought-iron walkways and equipment associated with eel fisheries to south side of bridge, with metal pipe attached to south face of bridge.

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