Albert Lock, is alock on theJamestown Canal which by-passes an unnavigable section of theRiver Shannon betweenDrumsna andJamestown inIreland. The canal and lock are located inCounty Roscommon. The lock dimensions are 102 ft x 30 ft.[1]The Shannon Commissioners constructed the lock in the 1848 as part of a widescale upgrade of the Shannon Navigation.[2]
The lock is listed by theNational Inventory of Architectural Heritage (a service provided by theDepartment of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht) as being of special interest in the architectural, social and technical interest categories.[2]
The Record of Protected Structures[3] lists both the lock and the lock keeper's cottage as protected structures (ref 01200548).[4]
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