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Royal Canal is drained. Why?

  • 06-03-2007 12:44pm
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,969 ✭✭✭✭


    I walk along the Royal Canal most mornings-usually between Jones Road and Annesly Bridge. I don't know the lock numbers.

    Why is it drained?-I've never seen it like this before
    I'm assuming maybe it's going to be cleaned maybe by the council or Waterways Ireland.

    There was the usual collection of sofa's and shopping trolley's but I thought it'd be worse.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,960 ✭✭✭trout


    just noticed the same thing this morning ... surprising number of deflated footballs at the verges ... anyone know what's going on ?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,193 ✭✭✭[Jackass]


    probably from playing football on the banks..


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 43,044 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    Aren't the still searching for a body ?
    Where about is it drained ?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 19,969 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Drained near the end of the canal. From Croke Park onwards. I don't know about further upstream.

    Found the answer anyway as I went home on lunch
    Waterways Ireland are cleaning the canal. A nasty job but someones got to do it.

    If they could throw in those winos who drink cans beside the canal most days and throw cans and bottles at the ducks ,I wouldn't complain:mad:

    But thats a rant for another thread


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,567 ✭✭✭delta_bravo


    Thaedydal wrote:
    Aren't the still searching for a body ?
    Where about is it drained ?

    That was the grand canal afaik and no they are not searching anymore. Body was found on Sunday


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,723 ✭✭✭empirix


    This is done a lot on stretches of the canal - cleaning or "dredgeing" being the proper term, basically over the years the sedament(mud) builds up and the canal gets more shallow - dredgeing must be done to deepen it so boats(one day is the plan) can sail down it etc etc


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