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Ruxton Lock
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Canal lock, built 1792, with ashlar limestone walls and remains of timber lock gates. Closed in 1932 and mass concrete walls built across lock. Ashlar limestone walls.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14010081

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Photo credits
  • JP, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • 瑞丽江的河水, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Rob Hurson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Aubrey Martin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Albert Bridge, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Patrick Brown, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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