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A harbour was completed in 1785 by the Grand Canal
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via the city watercourse as its sole original source. In order to maintain water pressure in the city and effectively distribute the water it was necessary to construct a raised course through masonry and embankments through
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on a speculative basis intending to create a separate market for produce imported from the midlands. This plan was later abandoned around 1817 and later the basin was partially filled-in around 1885-86 to construct a
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and mixed with water from the Dodder. This was undertaken by virtue of passing an act of
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in the city proper to significantly boost the water supply. This water helped to drive early industrial development in the
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The area around the basin was also lined with lime and elm trees and an ornamental gate around this time and became a fashionable park for citizens of the city over the following decades.
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The other third of the water supply was diverted along the city watercourse proper and was carried westward at an elevated level to supply the higher parts of the city with water.
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In 1660, the demand for water had exceeded the supply and alterations and improvements to the watercourse and a new basin were undertaken with a subterranean course under
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Later again in 1806, the corporation entered into 60-year agreements for a supply of water from both the Grand and Royal Canal on the opposite side of the city.
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park in the 1980s. The nearby Grand Canal
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and seem to have replaced an earlier water system which was already present. The source of the water was by way of a diversion of part of the
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A few years after around 1671, pipes were laid by Dublin
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constructed from around 1790-96 rather than an earlier proposal for a system of locks linking the Liffey directly from James Street.
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Malt House partially using the old harbour as its private wharf for loading materials. This harbour remained in use until 1959.
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for £3,500 to further supplement the water supply and constructed a large mill and pump to further add to the water supply.
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The basin had various iterations before being supplemented primarily by the
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