THE RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS, IRELAND.
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THE BARROW NAVIGATION.
DESCRIPTION.—The
river Barrow becomes navigable at Athy, in the county of Kildare, 42 miles from Dublin, completing an uninterrupted line of inland communication, through the medium of the Grand Canal, from Dublin to the sea below Waterford —a distance of upwards of 120 miles.
The rivers Nore and Suir fall into it, the former one mile above the town of Ross, the latter a short distance below Waterford.
The depth of water from Athy to Carlow is nearly three and a half feet during the summer, and five feet in the winter months, being sufficient for Boats carrying fifty tons.
Tbe principal interruption in the Navigation exists between Carlow and St.
Mullins, but it is available for Boats of from thirty to forty tons, during six months in the year.
Between Athy and St.
Mullins Scars, a distance of 43 miles, there are 12 Stages and 23 Locks.
There is a trackway for horses, 40 miles in length, from Athy to below St.
Mullins ; there are five considerable towns upon or adjacent to its banks, and several very extensive Flour Mills.
Trade Boats.
Names of Stages, with Distances, and Number of
Locks between each.
Places.
From To
Athy, Levitstown Lock Maganey Bridge Carlow Lock Milford Leighlinbridge Ballyellan Lock Goresbridge, Ballytiglea Bridge Cournellan Lock Graigue Lock
Levitstown Lock, Maganey Bridge, Carlow Lock, Milford, Leighlinbridge, Bagnalstown, Ballyellan Lock, Goresbridge, Ballytiglea Bridge, Cournellan Lock, Graigue Lock, St.
Mullin's Scars,
Mis 4 2 6 4 4 2 6 1 3 4 2
Time consumed by Trade Boats
between different Places.
Places.
From Dublin Dublin Dublin Dublin Dublin Dublin Dublin Waterford Waterford Waterford Waterford Waterford Waterford Waterford
To Athy, Carlow, Bagnalstown, Goresbridge, St.
Mullins, Ross, Waterford, Ross, St.
Mullins, Goresbridge, Bagnalstown, Carlow, Athy, Duhlin,
a "
Usual Rates of Freights, charged on Goods
between different Places.
A Return showing the progres¬
sive Increase of Tonnage and Tolls for the following Periods.
Tonnage of Trade Boats, and Draft of
Water, when Laden.
First Class.
Second Class.
Third Class.
Tonnage.
Draft
of Water.
to
a S Draft
of Water.
Tonnage.
Draft
of Water.
'Feet.
In.
50 j 3 11 40
Feet.
In.
I
3 6$ 40
Feet.
In.
3 10
The Description and Amount of Goods conveyed on the Navigation, during the
Year 1835.
Up River, Description.
Merchandise* Com,Meal,3 Malt, and > Flour, ) Sea Coal, Flags, Slates and ?
Tiles, J
Total ..
Tons.
6,616} 13,946$ 2,660;!
8,878$ 1,244$ 33,346$
Down River.
Description.
Merchandize, Com, Meal, ?
and Flour, $ Irish Coal, Turf, Culm (Irish), Manure,
Total ..
Tons.
4,02 li 17,084 3,903$ 4,253T 2,727 749 32.738:1
Receipts aud Disbursements of the Barrow Navigation Company,
for Five Years.
Goods.
Merchandise,
do.
do.
do.
do.
Flour,
do.
do.
do.
Butter, Sea Coal & j> Timber, $
Places.
From To
Dublin Dublin Dublin Duhlin Waterford Waterford Goresbridge Bagnalstown Carlow
do.
Waterford
Carlow, Bagnalstown, Goresbridge, Waterford, Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Waterford, Carlow,
Freights per Ton.
Years.
Tons.
s.
d.
10 10 10
0 0 0
1790 1800
16,000 19,828 15 0 1810 36,262 15 12 13
0 0 4
1820 1830
41,262 58,100 13 0 1835 66,084 11 6 13 4 5 0
Amount of Tolls.
Years.
£ 121 \
/ CJ 1832 1,405 ( e.i
\ b 1833 3,965 ( U
I *» 1834 3,827 J t-
1835 4,290 ^ r£
.2
1836 4,966$ W
Receipts Disbursements.
£ s.
d.
5,003 17 0 4,815 17 4 5.905
11 10$ 5,100 11 11 4,975 6 0
£ s.
d.
2,363 17 10 2,691 15 4 5,845 0 3| 4,311 12 11 2.449
6 2$
Appendix B» No.
6.
Inland Navigations.
Barrow Navigation.
Description.
Trade Boats.
* Ofthe above Merchandise, 2,722 tons -were Timber.
REMARKS.-
Extracts from Communications received from the Secretary to the Barrow Navigation Company.
"The Expenditure on the Works of the Barrow Navigation, exclusive of Establishments, now amounting to £812 a year, was, from 1790 to 1802, £62,215 18s.
Id.;
from 1802 to 1811, £62,807 9s.
2d.;
and from 1811 to 1836, £52,829 9s.;-making
a total •of £177,852 16s.
3d.
The Company have not received any Loans, but received two Grants, made to them from the Public, viz.,
m 1790, the sum of £17,600 ; and in 1802, a further sum of £20,625-making a total of £38,225.
The progressive improvements of the Navigation may be thus stated :—In 1790, when the Barrow Navigation Company became first incorporated, the river was navigated by boats, which in the summer months, carried a loading of three to five tons, and, in the winter, eight to ten tons, Juwled by men, at the rate of one man per ton in summer, and two in winter—there being no horse trackway.
The improvements aathe Navigation, since the above period, may he stated as follows:—A trackway for horses, from Athy to below St.
Mullins, 4* Jnfles; and 17 additional Locks, with their respective Weirs and Embankments, suited to a River Navigation."
