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LUAS tram approaches the Kingswood stop during testing
LUAS tram approaches the Kingswood stop during testing
LUAS tram approaches the Kingswood stop during testing on 3rd December 2003
taken by Kieran Swords
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Newport Railway Station
Newport Railway Station
Photograph of NewportRailway Station which was part of the Westport-Achill railway line. this line was in service between 1894 and 1937.
Courtesy National Library of Ireland
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The Last Tram to Run in Dublin
The Last Tram to Run in Dublin
The Last Tram to Run in Dublin was tram no. 252 needed police protection from souvenir hunters on its last trip in 1949.
By kind permission from Michael Corcoran
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Midland Great Western Railway Station Athlone
Midland Great Western Railway Station Athlone
Early 20th Century view of the Midland Great Western Railway Station Athlone, architect J.S. Mulvany. This is an Edwardian view of the Midland Great Western Railway Station in Athlone, which was one of two railway stations in Athlone. Located on a site at Ranelagh on the west side of Athlone, the road which was constructed to connect this station with the town centre became the main Athlone-Galway road. The station opened in 1851 when the first train crossed the Shannon to the west of Ireland. It was designed by the architect J.S. Mulvany who also designed the Broadstone Station in Dublin. It consists of a long Italianate frontage of seventeen bays. This spacious building once housed both a busy railway station and a railway hotel. It closed in 1983 and now serves as engineering offices for Irish Rail.
Out of copyright
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Royal and Ulster Canals
Royal and Ulster Canals
The Ulster Canal was opened in 1841 linking Lough Neagh to the Erne waterways. Its sucess depended on the Erne and Shannon waterways being linked. However, by the time this was completed, the Ulster Canal had fallen into disrepair. Also, it appears that there was lack of water from the canals feeder lake, Quig Lough. A feasability study has been carried out looking into reopening this canal.
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Clarence Chamberlin Greets Baron von Huenefeld and Major Fitzmaurice.
Clarence Chamberlin Greets Baron von Huenefeld and Major Fitzmaurice.
Photograph of American airman, Clarence Chamberlin greeting two of the Bremen Flyers, Baron Guenther von Huenefeld and Major James Fitzmaurice.
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Baldoyle Bridge
Baldoyle Bridge
This is an illustration of a crowd looking over the railway bridge at Baldoyle in the nineteenth century. Baldoyle bridge is on the Dublin to Drogheda railway line which commenced construction in 1838. The view from the bridge, at this time, looked out across the bay at Sutton, Howth and Ireland’s Eye. During the planning of the route there were initial debates on whether the line should run inland or take the costal route. Fortunately for Baldoyle, the costal route was approved in the end.
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The Royal and Grand Canal
The Royal and Grand Canal
This is taken from a map of the canals of Ireland in the year 1902. On it can clearly be seen the Grand Canal stretching from Dublin to Ballinasloe (the lower of the two lines from Dublin). Work on the Grand Canal began in 1755 by the Commissioners of Inland Navigation. Their aim was to link Dublin with the rivers the Shannon and the Barrow. In 1765 Dublin Corporation took over the project to complete the section linking Dublin with the river Morrell in an effort to supply water to the city basin. In 1772, the project was taken over again by the Company of the Undertakers of the Grand Canal and the canal was opened to cargo boat traffic to Sallins in 1779. By 1791 the canal had reached Ringsend where the Grand Canal Docks were constructed and opened in 1796. In 1804, with the canal now complete to the river Shannon, the first trade boat passed along the canal to Dublin from the river Shannon. By 1835 all work on the main canal-way and its branches was complete.
Copyright managed by the Library Council
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Restored Hill of Howth Tram (Copy)
Restored Hill of Howth Tram (Copy)
Restored Hill of Howth Tram at the National Transport Museum in Howth. In the photograph Tom Redmond, the last Howth tram driver, discusses the restoration with a museum member in 1992.
By kind permission of Michael Corcoran
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View of Drogheda and Railway
View of Drogheda and Railway
This illustration shows the railway line in Drogheda with the town in the background. The railway line was officially opened by the Lord Lieutenant of the time, Earl De Grey, on 24th May 1844. Unfortunately its Dublin terminus at Amien Street was not built in time for its maiden journey, and so it started its couse a few miles north of the station near the bridge over the Royal Canal. At the time that the railway was being built Ireland was experiencing the Great Famine and was in economic and social depression. The construction of the railway granted some relief from this for those that were employed to build the lines. When the line was open, business in the towns which it passed began to increase as markets became more accessible and agricultural produce was traded to and from the towns.