1788
Dublin
Grand Canal Company of Ireland
John Brownrigg
Unbuilt Dublin
Random Building
2010 – Dublin Dental Hospital, South Leinster St., Dublin
1788 – Proposal to link Grand Canal with Liffey, Dublin
Architect: John Brownrigg
A large ladder of canal locks proposed to join the James Street Basin of the Grand Canal with the River Liffey. At the Liffey end, small harbours and graving docks would have been constructed. The canal was extended past the James St. Basin in the 1790s with the opening and constructed of the Grand Canal Harbours at Ringsend. The link to the Liffey was started but never got beyond some basic excavation, but was expected to cost some 30,000. The section of canal to James Street was closed in 1974 and subsequently filled in.
Published July 22, 2014 | Last Updated October 30, 2023