Jamestown Canal

Legend

River Shannon

Lough Nanoge

Albert Marina

Albert Lock

Corlara Bridge

Ardanaffrin Bridge

River Shannon

Jamestown Canal

Specifications
Length	2.6 km (1.6 miles)
Locks	1
Maximum height above sea level	46 m (151 ft)
Status	Open
History
Date of act	1697
Date of first use	1799 (1799)
Date extended	1848
Geography
Start point	River Shannon (Ardnafron)
End point	River Shannon (Lough Nanoge)

The Jamestown Canal (Irish: Canáil Chill Srianáin) bypasses a non-navigable section of the River Shannon between Jamestown and Drumsna in Ireland. The canal is 2.6 km in length and is located in County Roscommon.^[1] The Shannon Commissioners constructed the canal in 1848 to replace an earlier, smaller canal as part of a widescale upgrade of the Shannon Navigation.^[2]^[3]

Structures associated with the canal

The following associated structures are listed as being of architectural social and technical interest on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

Albert lock (1848) and lock keepers cottage.^[2]
Jamestown Canal Bridge, rusticated bridge with a single span over the canal, built about 1850.^[4]

References

↑ "IWAI - Shannon Locks and Bridges". Iwai.ie. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
1 2 "Albert Lock, County Roscommon: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage". Buildingsofireland.ie. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
↑ http://carrick.iwai.ie/Images/2011-06-25%20Jamestown%20Canal%20Chisel/Summer%20Edition%202011%20Jamestown%20Canal%20Article.pdf
↑ "Jamestown Canal Bridge, County Roscommon: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage". Buildingsofireland.ie. Retrieved 2013-05-21.

River Shannon, Ireland (Basin)

Counties	Cavan Leitrim Roscommon Longford Westmeath Offaly Galway Tipperary Clare Limerick

Settlements	Dowra Carrick-on-Shannon Roosky Athlone Shannonbridge Banagher Killaloe Limerick City

Major tributaries	Abbey Boyle Brosna Deel Inny Maigue Mulkear Nenagh Suck

Flows into	Shannon Estuary Atlantic Ocean

Linked canals	Shannon–Erne Waterway Jamestown Canal River Suck canal Boyle canal Lecarrow Canal Royal Canal Grand Canal Headrace canal (Ardnacrusha)

Major crossings	Dowra Bridge Carrick Bridge Jamestown Bridge Drumsna Bridge Roosky Bridge N6 Athlone bypass Shannonbridge Banagher bridge Portumna bridge Killaloe Bridge The Living Bridge University Bridge O'Briensbridge Shannon Bridge Limerick Tunnel Shannon Ferry All crossings of the River Shannon

Coordinates: 53°55′N 8°02′W / 53.917°N 8.033°W / 53.917; -8.033

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