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Viaduct

16-05-2012 10:55PM

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Anybody know what the huge viaduct at St.Johns was used for.Often wondered.

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#2 16-05-2012 11:01PM

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Aqueduct, carrying water to John's Mill if I remember rightly

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#3 16-05-2012 11:12PM

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klong wrote: »

Aqueduct, carrying water to John's Mill if I remember rightly

Do you know where the water came from.It's higher than anything else around.

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#4 17-05-2012 10:06AM

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Inglewood Aqueduct?

http://www.wexfordecho.ie/news/cwqlkfcwgb/

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#5 17-05-2012 01:11PM

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Its locally called the Dakey Docks (Aqueduct) it was to take water from the HeadWear up above Inglewood from the River Urrin to feed a water wheel at Letts Brewery at mill park road.

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#6 17-05-2012 01:46PM

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Been facinated by the thing for a while now, for some reason. Mighty structure and great story to boot,i was thinking probably famine relief but did'nt know the backround to it. cheers.

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