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Newry Canal

Newry Canal
Victoria Lock Newry canal.jpg
Victoria Lock at the entrance to Newry ship canal in Carlingford Lough
Specifications
Maximum boat length 44 ft 0 in (13.41 m)
Maximum boat beam 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Locks 14
(originally 13)
Maximum height above sea level 78 ft (24 m)
Status abandoned
History
Principal engineer Edward Lovett Pearce, Thomas Steers
Date completed 1741
Date closed 1949, 1970s
Geography
Start point Newry
End point Portadown
Newry Canal
River Bann
Lough Neagh
Lagan Canal
Coalisland Canal
M1 Motorway
River Blackwater
Upper River Bann
GN Railway
Portadown Bridge to station
Cusher River
River Bann
14 Whitecoat Point Lock
Knock Bridge, Moyallen
12-13 Terryhoogan Locks
Scarva Bridge to station
Poyntzpass Bridge to station
10-11 Poyntzpass Locks
GN Railway
9 Lock
GN Railway

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